About a Boy

About a Boy

  • Director: Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
  • Writer: Nick Hornby,Peter Hedges,Chris Weitz
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom, United States, France, Germany
  • Language: English
  • Release date: May 17, 2002
  • Runtime: 1h 41min
  • Sound mix: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: Мій хлопчик
  • "About a Boy" is a comedy released by Universal Pictures , co-directed by Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz , starring Hugh Grant , Nicholas Caradoc Hoult , Toni Collette , Rachel Weisz, etc., on April 26, 2002 in the UK Released.
    The film is adapted from the British novelist Nick Hornby's novel "About a Boy" of the same name. It tells the story of a wealthy bachelor who had nothing to do all day and gradually changed his attitude towards life through contact with a young boy   .

    Details

    • Release date May 17, 2002
    • Filming locations Lady Margaret Road, Kentish Town, London, England, UK
    • Production companies Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Tribeca Productions

    Box office

    Budget

    $30,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $41,385,278

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $8,557,630

    Gross worldwide

    $130,549,455

    Movie reviews

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    • By Dee 2022-04-19 09:01:31

      "Single Parent Transfer Student" - There is a feeling called dependence

      A British film about the mutual influence between a big man and a child. In fact, the film was originally called "About a boy", and the Chinese translation is indeed puzzling.
       
         Frankly speaking, the film is really dull and boring, there is no turbulent plot, no beautiful background music. The British are conservative, restrained, and rigid in the film. If it weren't for my special mood now, maybe I wouldn't watch this movie at all.
       
         Freeman's transformation touched me....

    • By Alfonso 2022-03-23 09:01:29

      just hindsight

      Just finished watching a movie about a boy. The movie saw another shadow of myself, so I couldn't help but want to record it. It's always exciting, like watching me when happiness knocks on my door. You don't need to be embarrassed when your life is going to be just as bad as chris, because that's just one phase of your life. And there are people in the world who are just as miserable as you, with tenacity and optimism, and a bit of cunning. And about a boy, I saw myself. No pursuit, no...

    • By Josie 2022-03-22 09:01:25

      which boy

      It has been a long time since I heard about this drama. Although I am a fan of Hugh Grant, I have never seen it for some reason. Knowing that Film 4 was on the air that day, I quickly finished my wish. It turned out to be a film from 15 years ago, where has the time gone?

      Although the film is called About A Boy, it is really debatable who this "boy" refers to. The little boy shoulders his mother's grief at a young age and grows up with his sense of responsibility; the old boy gnaws at...

    • By Ned 2022-03-22 09:01:25

      Every man is an island

      I rewatched about a boy again today.

      I wanted to watch it two years ago, I watched it for the first time last year, and I really liked it. Today, because I saw a single man's film review on the homepage again, "Is it You, Yan Xiaoyan's Heartbroken Man?"

      Strange to say, Hugh Grant's movies, all of them, really hit me. Morris, four weddings and one funeral, even if the superficial public is like bi's single diary, is a sufficiently qualified relaxation movie for me. This kind of...

    • By Dock 2022-03-21 09:01:28

      connection

      Reminds me of a passage:
      now everyone wants to distance themselves from others and feel the fullness of life from themselves, but after efforts, people not only fail to fully affirm their own existence, but fall into complete isolation. Everyone hides in his own cave, only to be pushed away by the crowd, and at the same time push away from the crowd. People are accustomed to relying only on themselves, and he does not understand that the real security of the individual does not lie in the...

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    • By Bernadette 2022-04-24 07:01:04

      Nicholas Hoult was also very cute when he was a child and grew up without a...

    • By Opal 2022-04-24 07:01:04

      The purpose is to see how this evil boy grows up from an evil...

    • By Payton 2022-04-24 07:01:04

      One of my favorite CDs, happy piano...

    • By Madyson 2022-04-24 07:01:04

      Nicholas Hoult was so evil as a...

    • By Ibrahim 2022-04-24 07:01:04

      8/10, a witty and humorous script that embodies touching emotions and thought-provoking true meanings of life in humorous dialogues and plots. In fact, Hugh Grant is the boy who really grew...

    Movie plot

    The handsome and wealthy London man Vail Freeman ( Hugh Grant ) has entered his 36-year-old mark, but he has no intention of starting a family at all. Relying on his father’s legacy, he has to do It's just hanging around boringly, and then trying to sleep with countless women. Once Vail discovered a new recipe for picking up girls: the Single Parents Association. When he wanted to come, a single mother must be very eager for male care,...
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    Movie quotes

    • Will: [thinking] Every man is an island. I stand by that. But clearly some men are island CHAINS. Underneath, they are connected...

      Marcus: [thinking] I used to think two was not enough. But now things are great; there are loads of people... I don't know what Will was so pissed about. I don't think couples are the future. The way I see it now, we both got back-up now. It's like that thing Jon Bon Jovi said: 'No man is an island.'

    • Fiona: When you sing it brings sunshine and happiness into my heart

    • Will: [to himself] No, Marcus, I do not want to come over for Christmas. I do not want to spend Christmas with Ms. Granola Suicide and her spawn.