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About a Boy is a 2002 comedy-drama film directed by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz, who co-wrote the screenplay with Peter Hedges. It is an adaptation of the 1998 novel by Nick Hornby. The film stars Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, and Rachel Weisz.
About a Boy: Directed by Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz. With Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Sharon Small, Madison Cook. Will, who attends single parent meetings to woo women, meets Marcus, a troubled 12-year-old boy.
- Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
- 2 min
4.1K. 1.6M views 12 years ago. 2002 PG-13 102 minutes Will Lightman (Hugh Grant) is a rich, hip, irresponsible Londoner who, in search of available women, invents an imaginary...
- 2 min
- 1.6M
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May 17, 2002 · A comedy-drama starring Hugh Grant as a bachelor who befriends a troubled boy. Read critics' reviews, watch the trailer, and find out where to rent or buy the movie online.
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- Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
- PG-13
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
May 17, 2002 · Hugh Grant stars as a bachelor who befriends a lonely boy in this adaptation of Nick Hornby's novel. Roger Ebert praises Grant's charm and the film's humor and heart.
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A comedy-drama about a bachelor who befriends a troubled 12-year-old boy and learns to grow up. Will Freeman, a rich and irresponsible Londoner, invents a son to meet single mothers, but ends up helping Marcus Brewer, a boy with a depressed mother and a love interest.
Jan 1, 2001 · About a Boy. Nick Hornby, Udo Wachtveitl, Julian Rhind-Tutt (Narrator) ...more. 3.79. 136,762 ratings3,952 reviews. ACE for ISBN 9780140293456. Will is thirty-six but acts like a teenager. Single, child-free and still feeling cool, he reads the right magazines, goes to the right clubs and knows which trainers to wear.
