About a Boy
Directed by Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
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.
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- Rowan KrzysiakJanuary 27, 2025It could be titled 'About a Jerk' (or Jerks even). A film that has dated in every way possible. It gives the impression that even showing single mums on screen is something radical and that a trip to McDonald's is like visiting a crack-den. Everyone is mostly unlikable with characters that don't seem to fit with their circumstances. It's disgustingly middle-class and tip-toes on the verge of racist. If not for the high-budget cast this would only be scraping in on ITV when Cold Feet was off-season. Truly, truly dreadful and slightly offensive.
About a Boy Trivia
About a Boy was released on April 26, 2002.
About a Boy was directed by Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz.
About a Boy has a runtime of 1h 41m.
About a Boy was produced by Tim Bevan, Robert De Niro, Brad Epstein, Eric Fellner, Jane Rosenthal.
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.
The key characters in About a Boy are Will Freeman (Hugh Grant), Marcus Brewer (Nicholas Hoult), Fiona Brewer (Toni Collette).
About a Boy is rated PG-13.
About a Boy is a Comedy, Drama, Romance film.
About a Boy has an audience rating of 5.5 out of 10.
About a Boy had a budget of $27M.
About a Boy has made $129M at the box office.