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Synopsis
In 1957, a son and mother flee the East and an abusive boyfriend to find a new life, and end up in Seattle, where the mother meets a polite garage mechanic. The boy continually gets into trouble by hanging out with the wrong crowd. The mom marries the mechanic, but they soon find out that he's an abusive and unreasoning alcoholic, and they struggle to maintain hope in an impossible situation as the boy grows up with plans to escape the small town by any means possible. Based on a true story by Tobias Wolff.
Review
'This Boy's Life' is the true story of a slice of 'Tobias Wolff's' life. A rather depressing slice. Eliza's part is small but again, she makes her presence felt. Eliza says this project was frightening and exciting for her. Her mother was always on hand (as the film is violent in places) and she was made absolutely clear that everything that was going on was just acting. Eliza says Robert De Niro would improvise and the cameras kept rolling. He was "intense". She also found Leonardo DiCaprio intimidating at first too. However, to this day she gives him the credit for the following: " . . .I was having a terrible time in school getting teased and Leo gave me a pep talk and told me a couple of things to say to the losers that teased me. I started using his one-liners, and it turned my public-school history around." She had fond memories though too. She says Robert De Niro was always pinching her cheeks, calling her by some version of her name that was never right and inviting the kids back to his trailer to watch 'Cheers'.
Back to the film itself, it is depressing but for the same reason that Eliza's mother liked the project, so do we. A woman taking charge of her life. Also make-up and costuming for this film should be acknowledged. Eliza goes from looking about 8 to 11.
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