About a Boy
(2002)
Country: UK
Genre: Comedy
Synopsis
Will Lightman is a hip Londoner who one day realizes that his friends are all involved with the responsibilities of married life and that leaves him alone in the cold. Passing himself 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 a continued bachelorhood is interrupted when he meets 12-year old Marcus, in many ways his complete opposite.
Notes
- Based upon the novel by Nick Hornby
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Cast
- Hugh Grant
- Nicholas Hoult
(Marcus) - Toni Collette
- Augustus Prew
(Ali) - John Kamal
(Nicky) - Matthew Thomas
(Candy Thrower) - Jonathan Franklin
(Mark) - Alex Kew
(Simon Cosgrove) - Rachel Weisz
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I'm retracting the "Don't Bother" status! The first time I watched this film, I didn't get much past the 1st 30min. I just watched it again, all the way through this time, I have to say I can relate to Marcus, I WAS him at his age! e.i. the Social Outcast at school! So I decided to give this movie a break, and raise my rating a point!
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3 / 10 I believe this film was Nicholas Hoult's acting debut. He plays the boy Marcus wonderfully, catching really well the boy's embarrassment at the goings on of his bohemian mother and the funny scene where he kills a duck with his mum's bread. The scene in the restaurant where Marcus's mother confronts Will (Hugh Grant) about her boy going to his flat all the time was ridiculous. What repurcussions was that going to have for a single man talking about such things in public instead of drawing him to one side? In the book, apparently, the confrontation took place at Will's front door.
My Movie Rating: 6 / 10 9 / 10 A very nice picture.
My Movie Rating: 8 / 10 Page Last Modified: 5th April 2009
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This just didn't work for me. I didn't connect with any character.
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