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Die Geschichte einer Jugend

Originaltitel: This Boy's Life
  • 1993
  • 12
  • 1 Std. 55 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
7,3/10
60.850
IHRE BEWERTUNG
BELIEBTHEIT
4.659
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Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Ellen Barkin in Die Geschichte einer Jugend (1993)
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Die Geschichte über die Beziehung zwischen einem rebellischen Teenager aus den 1950er Jahren und seinem missbrauchenden Stiefvater, basierend auf den Erinnerungen des Schriftstellers und Lit... Alles lesenDie Geschichte über die Beziehung zwischen einem rebellischen Teenager aus den 1950er Jahren und seinem missbrauchenden Stiefvater, basierend auf den Erinnerungen des Schriftstellers und Literaturwissenschaftlers Professor Tobias Wolff.Die Geschichte über die Beziehung zwischen einem rebellischen Teenager aus den 1950er Jahren und seinem missbrauchenden Stiefvater, basierend auf den Erinnerungen des Schriftstellers und Literaturwissenschaftlers Professor Tobias Wolff.

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    • Michael Caton-Jones
  • Drehbuch
    • Tobias Wolff
    • Robert Getchell
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Robert De Niro
    • Leonardo DiCaprio
    • Ellen Barkin
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      • Michael Caton-Jones
    • Drehbuch
      • Tobias Wolff
      • Robert Getchell
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Robert De Niro
      • Leonardo DiCaprio
      • Ellen Barkin
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    • 60Metascore
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      • 2 Gewinne & 3 Nominierungen insgesamt

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    Robert De Niro
    Robert De Niro
    • Dwight
    Leonardo DiCaprio
    Leonardo DiCaprio
    • Toby
    Ellen Barkin
    Ellen Barkin
    • Caroline
    Jonah Blechman
    Jonah Blechman
    • Arthur Gayle
    Eliza Dushku
    Eliza Dushku
    • Pearl
    Chris Cooper
    Chris Cooper
    • Roy
    Carla Gugino
    Carla Gugino
    • Norma
    Zachary Ansley
    Zachary Ansley
    • Skipper
    • (as Zack Ansley)
    Tracey Ellis
    Tracey Ellis
    • Kathy
    Kathy Kinney
    Kathy Kinney
    • Marian
    Robert Zameroski
    Robert Zameroski
    • Arch Cook
    • (as Bobby Zameroski)
    Tobey Maguire
    Tobey Maguire
    • Chuck Bolger
    Tristan Tait
    Tristan Tait
    • Jerry Huff
    Travis MacDonald
    Travis MacDonald
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    Richard Liss
    • A & P Manager
    Michael Bacall
    Michael Bacall
    • Terry Taylor
    Adam Sneller
    • Terry Silver
    Gerrit Graham
    Gerrit Graham
    • Mr. Howard
    • Regie
      • Michael Caton-Jones
    • Drehbuch
      • Tobias Wolff
      • Robert Getchell
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    8helpless_dancer

    A true slice of life

    This was an excellent tale of what some people's lives are really like. The acting was flawless, the story rang true, and the dialogue was some of the best ever. Barkin was perfect as the man crazy, brainless mother, and De Niro captured the role of a bullying, phoney drunk completely. Men do indeed act like this every day, and women allow them to. Don't miss this one.
    9callanvass

    A harrowing film that will stay with you for a little while; the acting is incredible in this one

    Wow. This was a harsh film, but a damn good one at that. What is more amazing about this movie is that it is based on the memoirs of the real Tobias Wolf! It's a true story, and that made it all the more better while viewing this one. I cannot state how unpleasant this movie can be at times. The stuff Jack (Tobias) has to endure is really heart wrenching, and there were a few moments where I actually gasped out loud. It's not very often a movie can grip me with complete astonishment, but this managed to do just that. I give a lot of credit to the ensemble performances. Leo DiCaprio is astonishing for a kid at his age at this juncture. He is solely responsible for taking me on a journey I won't soon forget. He is sympathetic, very vulnerable, and I was able to empathize with him all the way. You will feel desperation when it comes to some of his scenes. Robert DeNiro plays one of the most brazen, and detestable characters I have ever seen. He is often terrifying as Dwight. DeNiro is credited for many amazing roles and rightfully so, but this one is shockingly neglected a lot of the time when it comes to his resume. What a chilling performance! Ellen Barkin is exceptionally good as the clueless, yet likable Mother. She may make you wanna slap her one at times, but you'll lover her for the most part, i'm sure. Eliza Dushku, Tobey Maguire, among others have small roles here.

    Final Thoughts: It's a hard film to review without revealing so much. It's a fantastic, if draining experience. If you're in the mood for an excellent heavy drama, I would choose this one without question. It'll stay with you after it is over

    9/10
    10bkoganbing

    "I Know a Thing or Two, About a Thing or Two."

    This Boy's Life was the break out role for Leonardo DiCaprio who proved what a great talent he was in this coming of age film. He had to be to hold his own with Robert DeNiro. DeNiro with his great ear for voices and accents perfectly captures the role of stepfather Dwight Hansen, a man with a terrible inferiority complex who takes it out on his stepson.

    The film is based on the memoirs of writer Tobias Wolff as he and his mother endured five years of hell with this very provincial man who is trapped in the small town mentality of Concrete, Washington during the 1950s. The title quote is from DeNiro who repeats that line many times during the film. In fact that's all he does is talk in clichés and it's made abundantly clear that his level of ignorance about the outside world is frightening.

    That puts him in contrast with stepson DiCaprio who's a bright kid and capable of going places with some guidance. DeNiro isn't about to provide that guidance, he's just plain jealous of him.

    In fact This Boy's Life is similar in that respect to the Tom Cruise film All the Right Moves where Cruise is also trying to escape the drab life he sees in his small Pennsylvania mining town through athletics and meets with jealousy from many around him, but not in his own family circle.

    This Boy's Life should be required viewing on the effects of homophobia. In addition to the principal players, DeNiro, DiCaprio, and Ellen Barkin as DiCaprio's mother, credit should go to Jonah Blechman who played gay teen Arthur Gayle. He's got a real lonely existence in Concrete, Washington. Arthur's story is still unfortunately being acted out today in thousands of small town throughout the USA. He gravitates to DiCaprio, not just sexually, but because he recognizes a kindred spirit there.

    Among other things DeNiro encourages is homophobia as homosexuality is one of many things he's ignorant about and prefers to remain so. It's quite a scene in which DeNiro encourages DiCaprio to beat up Arthur on any and all occasions.

    In fact that's ultimately Dwight's problem. It's maybe ONLY two things that he knows anything about and can converse intelligently on. And he's living in a town full of other Dwights as ignorant as he is.

    This is one of the best films of the last decade of the last century and should not be missed.
    sarahyerlazy

    Much Hollywood-ized version of a True Story

    For the last year or so, I've had my freshman writing classes read the Tobias Wolff memoir, "This Boys Life". A lot of them always think they can get away with watching the movie on cable instead, but of course (as with most movies based on books), much is missed in the screen version of this true story. The film would have you believe that young Toby is a loveable brat who fancies trouble, but the book tells of a more complex and disturbed child--one who has a rich imagination, and is essentially kind (especially to his mother), but who lies consistently and refuses to accept his own faults. Dwight is portrayed well in the film as a mean and immature man, but the movie fails to show how Toby himself paralells Dwight: they are both liars, for one; and Dwight's insistence on "molding" Toby make one wonder...Throughout the book, Toby's greatest danger at the hands of his step-father is the possibility that Dwight will succeed in turning Toby into him.

    There are other things that the movie tries to work in, but does so awkwardly: Toby's friendship with Arthur, the gay boyscout, is one. As is Toby's desire to "get away" from the abusive Dwight (in the book, Toby doesn't so much want to get away from Dwight as he does want to run away and go on great swashbuckling adventures). The worst injustice on the movie's part is the ending, of course. It is completely hollywood.

    The movie is enjoyable for its performances (especially DeNiros'), but viewers should realize that the "True Story" behind this movie has been given the hollywood golden touch.
    6AKS-6

    Great acting

    What is best about "This Boy's Life" is the acting. Don't get me wrong, though, the film in itself is also good; it's rather disturbing when you think about the fact that it is based upon a true story. But the acting… 1993 must be Leonardo DiCaprio's best year as an actor yet, his portrayal of Toby in this film is very good, and he was absolutely sensational in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?". Robert De Niro is also very good in the film, he manages to bring forward the brutal side of his character while he also lets the audience know that Dwight is a very childish man. Ellen Barkin is also good. And it was fun to see Tobey Maguire in an early role as Toby's friend -- I didn't even now that he was supposed to be in the film until there he was! Good film with really impressive acting by the three leads. (6/10)

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      When Robert De Niro saw Leonardo DiCaprio's acting in this movie, he called Martin Scorsese to tell him about the kid and he must check him out. Scorsese has since said that this was very unusual as De Niro wouldn't normally have this level of praise for a fellow actor. The three would finally work together in Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).
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      In the film, the children of Concrete go to high school in Chinook, as there is no high school in Concrete. In fact, Chinook is 268 miles away from Concrete, on the opposite end of the state.
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      Dwight Hansen: I know a thing or two about a thing or two!

    • Verbindungen
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Cop and a Half/The Adventures of Huck Finn/Jack the Bear/The Opposite Sex How to Live with Them/Intervista (1993)
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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 11. November 1993 (Deutschland)
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      • Englisch
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      • Concrete, Washington, USA
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      • Knickerbocker Films
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      • 4.104.962 $
    • Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
      • 74.425 $
      • 11. Apr. 1993
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