In an era when films were famous for presenting the importance of family life, the film "This Boy's Life" illustrates the meaning of freedom with l help of the coming-of of a problem boy age story. The film "This Boy's Life", based on the real life of American author Tobias Wolff, features famous actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Ellen Barkin in the lead roles while actors Jonah Blechman, Eliza Dushku, Chris Cooper, Carla Gugino, Zack Ansley, Tracey Ellis, Kathy Kinney, Tobey Maguire, Sean Murray, Lee Wilkof, Bill Dow, Deanna Milligan and Morgan Brayton play the other minor roles. Directed by Michael Caton-Jones, the film is a classic story of domestic abuse, emotional abandonment, and other issues faced by Tobias. Based on the real Tobias Wolff's award-winning memoir of the same title, the film does a great job of portraying the growing boy's struggles as he plans to escape his abusive stepfather. Tobias, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, the film's protagonist, who later changes his name to Jack, serves as the narrator in the film. For a film that ...