
"He looked like the ideal husband. He seemed like the perfect father. That's just what they needed. But that's not what they got."
When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain hope in an impossible situation, the son has plans to escape.
Director
Michael Caton-Jones
Revenue
$4,104,962
Status
Released

Robert De Niro
Dwight Hansen

Ellen Barkin
Caroline Wolff Hansen

Leonardo DiCaprio
Tobias Wolff

Chris Cooper
Roy

Eliza Dushku
Pearl

Jonah Blechman
Arthur Gayle

Kathy Kinney
Marian

Gerrit Graham
Mr. Howard