The characters are very real,I know many people whose personalities suit the three main characters perfectly,it is an extremely realistic film which adds immensely to the drama.so How can you not hate Robert DeNiro in this film? .... Brilliant script, exception acting and all too frightening reality.It's sad but true...I still love it...

This Boys Life is a great movie with a very well developed storyline and a terrific cast.This is one of Leonardo DiCaprio's first movies and his very first major role in a film,he proves from the first scene that he can act,and has only proved more and more since this movie that he is easily one of the most talented actors out there,but he can't beat the very professional acting of Robert De Niro,who plays this abusive character with so much meaning,and it really seemed like he had a field day with his performance.The characters are very real,I know many people whose personalities suit the three main characters perfectly,it is an extremely realistic film which adds immensely to the drama.This Boys Life is at times depressing and at all times dramatic,I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good drama. A teenager and his mom move to Utah,where she has fallen for a man who turns out to be a tyrant.Best Performance: Robert De Niro

This is a pretty good movie I wouldn't say its leos best though. The whole cast did a wonderful job in this. It stars Dicaprio and Denero side by side so you know its going to have some riveting performances.This movie is about a young street punk (Dicaprio) in the 50s who lives with his mother. They are always running away from abusive boyfriends until they meet Dwight (Denero) he seems very nice at first but they soon discover he is just as abusive as all his other moms boyfriends.This movie is pretty good. It is definitely not for everyone. It is kind of slow and does not have a very interesting story line but it is very well performed.MINOR SPOILER AHEADDid anyone else feel sorry for Dwight. I know he is an angry abusive man but obviously it was because of the hard life he had growing up.

Leonardo is the 'boy' in this movie and he definitely had talent for his tender years. The movie is based on a true story about the life of Toby Wolff. He lived with his mother who had a series of bad relationships and kept running from one place to the other to start afresh and avoid her troublesome past. The boy quite enjoys the whole adventure with his bold and lively mother.Life as they knew it takes a twist when Robert De Niro's character Dwight enters their lives. He is good, has manners, respects ladies & charms them, quite unlike Toby's mothers' earlier boyfriends. She is hell-bent on this relationship to work as she is tired of running around.Toby is a troublemaker at school and has been suspended and called for detention a lot of times. Dwight works out a plan with his mother for Toby to attend school at Concrete (a small county where he stays) so that he can get to know him better and to make him more disciplined.Despite Toby's reluctance he is sent away with Dwight and that's when the trouble begins. He soon discovers that the free life that he lived with his mother is going to end and he will be bound without chains. Dwight has 3 kids of his own, who themselves cannot wait to start college to get out of the house.Dwight is basically a kid trapped in a man's body. He did not have a good childhood so he wants everyone else to be miserable and can't bear if anybody else is doing better, achieves more or is happier than him.After getting married even Toby's mother realizes that all is not what she thought it would be but is determined to make the marriage work and tells Toby the same. The movie shows her finally reaching her wit's end and how things shape up after that.Toby himself longs for freedom and cannot wait to get out of the small pigeonhole for a place. The movie shows his anger, his struggle, his dreams & aspirations, all of which have been brilliantly and naturally portrayed by Leonardo.Robert De Niro as the egoistic man is superb. His antics, his irritation, all the small nuances have been played to the T.There are some truly funny and sweet moments that make your heart go out to Leo and are sure to make u giggle like Toby acting out as Dwight, all the teens dressing up as Elvis etc.The movie definitely leaves you feeling good but with a tinge of sadness at what the boy had to endure.