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About a Boy
The life of Marcus, a 36 years old guy, who does his best and struggles against bearing responsibilities, so he makes relationships only with single mothers, has been changed completely, when he befriends a young teenager boy that teaches him valuable lessons in life and friendship, the thing that inspires his life.
1988, England, UK
1 November 1984, London, England, UK
31 March 1974, Dublin, Ireland
23 October 1972, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK
2001
10 October 1946, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
February 10, 2014
If the story gets dangerously thin, Grant is pretty well flawless. And Collette, always good, is heartbreakingly believable.
February 10, 2014
This is a pleasingly skewed Britcom that can be watched with mates or the other half. And, boy, is it funny.
February 10, 2014
Hugh Grant hilariously redefines the word "playboy" in the first half of this film, then gets human, without losing his comic edge, under the influence of the title waif.
February 10, 2014
Grant's puckishness has become overly packaged; what's new about him here is his spiky hairdo. This movie is built on an actor as well as a character who is too intent to be on his best behavior.
March 17, 2015
...a thoroughly average piece of work...
February 10, 2014
Genuinely funny and moving, this is both an endearing examination of masculinity and a challenge to male isolationism.
February 10, 2014
The directors Paul and Chris Weitz -- the American Pie brothers -- have tried hard not to make a tearjerker, and at its best the movie is knowing and tart.
February 10, 2014
About a Boy is truly a love story, with dialogue and a story line that's both pop and universally timeless, which is gold for moviegoers.
February 10, 2014
About a Boy is better than a feelgood movie, it's a feelgreat movie -- genuinely clever, affecting when you least expect it to be and funny from start to finish.
February 10, 2014
Mainstream comedies should all be this funny and tender and deftly performed.
February 10, 2014
Even people who don't usually like Hugh Grant will be charmed by him in the scrappy, slightly scandalous comedy About a Boy.
February 10, 2014
Will is a flintier, more sarcastic and impatient character than we've seen Grant play, yet there's a core of decency about him.