About a Boy , Hugh Grant
Synopsis of the DVD Movie: About a Boy
"About a Boy" stars Hugh Grant as Will, a rich, child-free, irresponsible Londoner who, in search of available women, invents an imaginary son and attends single parent meetings. As a result he meets Marcus, an odd 12 yr. old boy with problems at school. Gradually, Will and Marcus become friends, and as Will teaches Marcus how to be a cool kid, Marcus helps Will to finally grow up.
DVD Movie Rating for: About a Boy
3 out of 5
Movie Plot of: About a Boy
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.
DVD Production Details of: About a Boy
Director: Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz
Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Features:
Deleted Scenes with Directors' Comments
"Making of" featurette
Outtakes
Music Videos
Full-screen format
Cast of the movie: About a Boy
- Hugh Grant .... Will
- Toni Collette .... Fiona
- Nicholas Hoult .... Marcus
- Rachel Weisz .... Rachel
- Sharon Small .... Christine
- Madison Cook .... Imogen
- Jordan Cook .... Imogen
- Nicholas Hutchison .... John
- Ryan Speechley .... Barney
- Joseph Speechley .... Barney
- Nat Gastiain Tena .... Ellie
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Reviews of the movie: About a Boy
A box-office smash in England, About a Boy went on to charm the world as another fine adaptation (following High Fidelity) of a popular Nick Hornby novel. While High Fidelity transplanted its London charm to Chicago, this irresistible comedy was directed by Americans Chris and Paul Weitz (American Pie) with its British pedigree intact. Better yet, Hugh Grant is perfectly cast as Will, a self-absorbed trust-fund slacker who tries to improve his romantic odds by preying on desperate single mothers. His cynical strategy backfires when he recruits the misfit son (Nicholas Hoult) of a suicidal mother (Toni Collette) to pose as his own son, thus proving his parental prowess to his latest single-mom target (Rachel Weisz). The kid has a warming effect on this ultimate cad, and what could have been a sappy tearjerker turns into a subtle, frequently hilarious portrait of familial quirks and elevated self-esteem. From start to finish, it's a genuine treat
"About a Boy" is a Brit flick about a happily eligible and independently well off bachelor (Grant) who learns from a boy (Hoult) that his self absorbed life may be needing something more. Clever, wry, and witty with plaudits aplenty, the fun in this flick is in the slightly skewed and skewering take on the shallow protagonist. There's are some poignant moments but precious little romance in this tale of one man's awakening from a life of sleep walking and the discovery that a man can be an island unto himself as long as he's part of an archipelago
