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.
Robert De Niro
as Dwight Hansen
Ellen Barkin
as Caroline Wolff Hansen
Leonardo DiCaprio
as Tobias Wolff
Chris Cooper
as Roy
Eliza Dushku
as Pearl
Jonah Blechman
as Arthur Gayle
Kathy Kinney
as Marian
Gerrit Graham
as Mr. Howard
Carla Gugino
as Norma
Zachary Ansley
as Skipper
Tobey Maguire
as Chuck Bolger
Tracey Ellis
as Kathy
