About a Boy (2002)

Directors:

Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz

Writers:

Peter Hedges, Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz, Nick Hornby

Actors:

Tessa Vale, Bethany Muir, Sidney Livingstone, Aaron Keeling, Matthew James Thomas, Murray Lachlan Young

Synopsis:

Will Freeman is a hip Londoner who one day realizes that his friends are all involved with the responsibilities of married life, which leaves him alone in the cold. Passing himself off as a single father, he starts to meet a string of single mums, confident in his ability to leave them behind when they start to ask for a commitment. But Will's hope of continued bachelorhood is interrupted when he meets 12-year old Marcus, in many ways his complete opposite.
  • Romance
  • Comedy
  • Drama
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84

About a Boy (2002)

I'm not sure if this has gotten better with age, but it's certainly gotten better as I've aged. Hornby is a great chemist of a writer - characters, ideas, and story all synthesize perfectly, and in ways you might not expect. Frequently funny and occasionally profound.
MildredFierce
January 4, 2014
95

About a Boy (2002)

Infinitely rewatchable. Hugh Grant does what he does best, being Hugh Grant, and takes this Nick Hornby adaptation into the realms of great movies of the 2000's, alongside the other Hornby adaptation, High Fidelity. Funny and actually earns the label heartwarming.
wintermayer
February 15, 2012