
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.

Robert De Niro
Dwight

Ellen Barkin
Caroline

Leonardo DiCaprio
Toby

Jonah Blechman
Arthur Gayle

Eliza Dushku
Pearl

Chris Cooper
Roy

Carla Gugino
Norma

Zachary Ansley
Skipper

Tracey Ellis
Kathy

Kathy Kinney
Marian
Robert Zameroski
Arch Cook

Tobey Maguire
Chuck Bolger

Tristan Tait
Jerry Huff

Travis MacDonald
Psycho
Richard Liss
A&P Manager