Nomadic, flaky Caroline Wolff (Ellen Barkin) wants to settle down in one place, find a decent man, and provide a better home for her and her son, Tobias "Toby" Wolff (Leonardo DiCaprio). When she moves to Seattle, Washington, and meets the seemingly respectable Dwight Hansen (Robert De Niro), she thinks she has accomplished her goals. Toby, however, comes to feel differently; Dwight's true personality is revealed after Toby spends a few months separated from his mother with Dwight and his children. The boy's stepfather-to-be seems to want to mold Toby into a better person, but his method includes emotionally, verbally and physically abusing the boy. Read more on Wikipedia.
MPAA Rating: | R |
Genre: | Biography, Drama |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | Art Linson, Peter Guber, Jon Peters, Fitch Cady |
Directed By: | Michael Caton-Jones |
Written By: | Robert Getchell, Tobias Wolff |
Cast: | Leonardo DiCaprio, Chris Cooper, Dwight McFee, Lee Wilkof, Robert Munns, Scott Woodmansee, Frank C. Turner, Adam Sneller, Tristan Tait, John R. Taylor, Dennis Kostecki, Zachary Ansley, Ellen Barkin, Kathy Kinney, Stephen E. Miller, Jonah Blechman, Tracey Ellis, Bill Dow, Travis MacDonald, Richard Liss, Tobey Maguire, Shawn Macdonald, Sean Murray, Marshall Dancing Elk Lucas, Jason Horst, Michael Bacall, Carla Gugino, Eliza Dushku, Robert Zameroski, Deanna Milligan, Gerrit Graham, Morgan Brayton, Robert De Niro, Ken Camroux-Taylor, Thomas Kopache |
In Theaters: | Apr 23, 1993 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 55 minutes |
Production: | Knickerbocker Films, Warner Bros. |
Box Office: | $4,104,962 |