March 18, 2005
About a Boy
Filed under: Drama | Buy on Amazon
Based on the novel by Nick Hornby (who also wrote the John Cusack flick High Fidelity), About a Boy is the story of a hip and selfish single guy who doesn't work and a 12-year-old boy who desperately needs a place to fit in.
The hip single guy, Will (Hugh Grant, who doesn't come off as irritating as he usually does), stoops to inventing a child so he can join a single parents group and score with single mums. In the process he meets Marcus and trips into a world where he's actually needed. The film strays from the novel out of necessity, but does so successfully. The story is also based in London, so there's plenty of fun British phrases and a quality soundtrack by Badly Drawn Boy.
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