About a Boy
Growing up has nothing to do with age.
Overview
Will Freeman is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is avoiding any kind of responsibility. But when he invents an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms, Will gets a hilarious lesson about life from a bright, but hopelessly geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will struggles to teach Marcus the art of being cool, Marcus teaches Will that you're never too old to grow up.
- Budget
- $27,000,000
- Revenue
- $129,000,000
- Production
- Universal Pictures, Tribeca Productions, Working Title Films, Kalima Productions, StudioCanal
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Cast
Hugh Grant
Will Freeman
Nicholas Hoult
Marcus Brewer
Toni Collette
Fiona Brewer
Rachel Weisz
Rachel
Natalia Tena
Ellie
Victoria Smurfit
Suzie
Augustus Prew
Ali
Sharon Small
Christine
Nicholas Hutchison
John
Denise Stephenson
Lindsey
Chris Webster
Ellie's Friend
Isabel Brook
Angie
Susannah Doyle
Bitter Ex-Girlfriend
Rosalind Knight
Lindsey's Mum
Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre
Cute Waitress
Joanne Petitt
Hairdresser
Cathy Murphy
Nurse
Mark Heap
Math Teacher
Claire Harman
Skechers Shopgirl
Jason Salkey
Amnesty International Worker Tom
Crew
- Director
- Paul Weitz,Chris Weitz
- Writers
- Peter Hedges,Chris Weitz,Paul Weitz
- Producers
- Brad Epstein,Tim Bevan,Robert De Niro,Eric Fellner
- Cinematography
- Remi Adefarasin
- Composer
- Badly Drawn Boy
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John Chard
March 22, 2020
It didn't kill me softly. Will is self centered and has cast off all his responsibilities. But during one of his more dubious scams to date single mothers, he is forced to reconsider his moral fibre after coming into contact with a 12 year old outcast named Marcus. Adapted from the massively popular book written by Nick Hornby ("Fever Pitch" & "High Fidelity") About A Boy easily translates well to the screen without truly breaking free of the modest premise. Oddly enough for such a Briti…
CinemaSerf
April 18, 2024
"Will" (Hugh Grant) lives a life of leisure living off the royalties of a Christmas song written by his grandad. He dates a succession of women but usually neither party want much more than a quickie. He realises that all of the interesting people have grown up and into relationships, marriages and family life - so he decides that it's time for him to have a son too! An imaginary one. Then he encounters "Fiona" (Toni Collette) and her son "Marcus" (Nicholas Hoult) and they begin to bond a little…
tmdb25796299
June 27, 2024
Really like this movie. Hugh Grant before he started playing himself.