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About a Boy

6.7/ 10

TMDB Rating

2,374

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2002

Release Year

101 min

Runtime

Drama
Comedy
Romance

Overview

Will Freeman is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is avoiding any kind of responsibility. But when he invents an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms, Will gets a hilarious lesson about life from a bright, but hopelessly geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will struggles to teach Marcus the art of being cool, Marcus teaches Will that you're never too old to grow up.

Keywords

friendship
london, england
rock 'n' roll
rap music
based on novel or book
single parent
becoming an adult
bachelor
single
christmas
hopeful
optimistic

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Reviews(3)

7.0avg rating
John Chard

John Chard

March 22, 2020

7
7/10

It didn't kill me softly. Will is self centered and has cast off all his responsibilities. But during one of his more dubious scams to date single mothers, he is forced to reconsider his moral fibre after coming into contact with a 12 year old outcast named Marcus. Adapted from the massively

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

April 18, 2024

7
7/10

"Will" (Hugh Grant) lives a life of leisure living off the royalties of a Christmas song written by his grandad. He dates a succession of women but usually neither party want much more than a quickie. He realises that all of the interesting people have grown up and into relationships, marriages and

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tmdb25796299

June 27, 2024

7
7/10

Really like this movie. Hugh Grant before he started playing himself.

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