About a Boy

 (2002)


  • User Rating 103 votes
  • Critics Rating 59 critics
  • Your Rating   

User Reviews

NOT GREAT
Jun 17, 2008
zoeharwood17 - yahoo.com
i was alittle dissapointed in this cute grant movie he was alittle charmless ,the story was ok but i prefered him in 4 weddings and a funeral... Full review
Good Job
Apr 13, 2008
sportsfreak1 - yahoo.com
Brad Epstein (my uncle) is awesome! I thought that it deserved higher recognition 'Bravo! No one can and or should deny it... Full review
After seeing this i wanted to fight someone!!...
Mar 16, 2008
barrasvictoria - yahoo.com
Omg this movie was simply awesome..This movie got me so pumped up and i just wanted to fight someone lol..i thought this movie was great from the fighting scenes and the story..I thought this movie was overall a great movie and... Full review
A well crafted witty comedy
Mar 08, 2008
ohiostate700 - yahoo.com
About a Boy is directed by the Weitz Brothers and could not have fallen into better hands. About a Boy is a charming, heartwarming comedy of two friends with very different lives. Will Lightman is played by Hugh Grant who is... Full review
Destruction Never Looked So Great!
Jan 25, 2008
mizz_pipes - yahoo.com
Cloverfield is just awesomeness. I'm extremely happy that it's the first new movie I've seen this year because it sets the bar really high. The story was decent and predictable. I'm going to try not to ruin it for everyone, but... Full review
good
Dec 29, 2007
lokiem_101 - yahoo.com
I thought this was a funny and good story. I liked the way it was put together and how the story was told. Overall I thought it was a good movie.... Full review
Much Better than Expected
Jul 26, 2007
joshuabsa - yahoo.com
The first Hugh Grant film I saw was Two Weeks Notice, a very bad film, then I saw Bridget Jones Diary, and liked it, then this and really liked it. Its a movie for everyone.... Full review
Brilliant Masterpiece
Jul 04, 2007
rasmy24 - yahoo.com
Another brilliant Hugh Grant film taken in a beautiful city. This is an all around great film and would be enjoyed over and over again. I have it on DVD and will definately enjoy it many other times in the future.... Full review
Entertaining and real.
Apr 16, 2007
hyraxatx - yahoo.com
This movie was great, it's about a boy whos having problems with his single mom, and this man that dates single moms. Well, their lives cross and its an adventure from there on out. It's not just a comedy, its one... Full review
About How to Make at Least a Semi-Good Movie.
Feb 21, 2007
iclairebear - yahoo.com
I really disliked this movie. And maybe that's just because I am a huge non-Hugh Grant fan. I just thought it was very boring and pretty much like every other movie out there. I really disliked it, but thats just my... Full review

Critics Reviews

| Oct 14, 2009
USA TODAY
It all makes for what could be another good movie.....By the end of Juliet, Naked , Nick Hornby 's engaging and entertaining novel about a reclusive singer/songwriter, I wished I could download Tucker Crowe's albums..... ... Full Review
| Oct 02, 2009
National Post
She likes Crowe's music just fine....The characters, and their stories, are powerful and compelling....There is a lot of great music here.... ... Full Review
| May 24, 2009
Urban Cinefile
Almost savage in its intense exploration of misfits, About A Boy is a terrific film -....A genuinely feel-good movie that is all at once a romantic comedy....Young Nicholas Hoult is exceptional as Marcus -....Rachel Weisz is lovely as the ultimate love interest.... ... Full Review
| Aug 18, 2008
Urban Cinefile
A genuinely feel-good movie that is all at once a romantic comedy and a coming of age story, All About A Boy is a delight. Grant is at his comedic best in About A Boy, a poignantly funny coming of age story about two boys who dont feel as though they belong. ... Full Review
| Aug 01, 2008
Boxoffice Magazine
Particularly resonant in this era in which interfacing rarely involves two actual faces, "About a Boy," based on Nick Hornby's best-selling book, is your consummate feel-good film about what's really important. We may have already seen Hugh Grant as the charming but callow cad and Toni Collette as the quirky, unstable mom of an outcast boy, but both add dimension and nuance to what could have been stereotypes as shallow as Will so eagerly professes to be. ... Full Review

News

AUGUSTA, GA - Michael Jackson and Jigsaw have something in common. They may be dead, but their legacies live on. Pre-sales have been off the charts for Jackson's upcoming feature film, "Michael Jackson's This Is It." ... Full Article

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The director behind "American Pie" and "About a Boy" wasn't the obvious choice to take on "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," the second book in Stephenie Meyer's blockbuster teen vampire romance series. ... Full Article

Duncan Thomson is what the British call an "anorak": a person, usually male, who has a nerdy interest in a certain strand of popular culture. ... Full Article

Sir Ian McKellen and rising young British talent Nicholas Hoult ( About a Boy and UK TV series Skins ) are also being lined up to appear in the British comedy. ... Full Article

Paul Weitz ("About a Boy," "American Dreamz") is in talks to direct "Little Fockers," the third installment in the "Meet the Parents" franchise for Universal Pictures and Tribeca Productions reports Variety . ... Full Article

Tuesday, 02/10/2009 at 2:00 PM Comments I'm having trouble getting swept up in the romance of my favorite TV show, The Bachelor , with that little boy in the picture. ... Full Article

Post Comment

Name (appears on your post)
Your Comment
1000 characters left. No HTML please.
 
Type the characters in the image above