About a Boy Movie Review 2002

After playing a cad in "Bridget Jones's Diary," Grant continues to take on roles whose charmers are somewhat rancid. This time, he's Will, a 38-year-old bachelor who doesn't work thanks to a legacy from his father and has never made a lasting emotional commitment to anyone. Will's latest dating scheme is to pretend to be a single parent and join support groups so he can hit on the single mums. This is how he meets Marcus (Hoult), the 12-year-old misfit son of the seriously depressed Fiona (Collette). Will likes Marcus despite himself and becomes his confidante. And he finds a romance with single mum Rachel (Weitz) but that's almost besides the point. Adapted from the novel by Nick Hornby.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 100 minutes.
Originally from United States, British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Books to Film: Nick Hornby, London, Single Parents, Singles, Childhood Visions

Screenplay

Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz, Peter Hedges

Cast

Hugh Grant, Rachel Weisz, Toni Collette, Nicholas Hoult, Isabel Brook, Victoria Smurfit

Cinematography

Remi Adefarasin

Director

Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz

Music

Badly Drawn Boy

Other

Bill Meadows, Tony Dawe, Nick Moore, Gary Freeman, Joanna Johnston, Jim Clay

Producer

Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jennifer Chaiken, Tribeca Productions, Working Title Productions, Jour de Fete Films, Universal Pictures