rating:
(out of
4 stars)United Kingdom, United States, France, Germany; 2002
Directed by Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz; produced by Tim Bevan, Robert De Niro, Brad Epstein, Eric Fellner, Jane Rosenthal; screenplay Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
Starring Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Sharon Small, Augustus Prew
Below you will find a temporary review for this film. The real (better, more complete) review will be online very soon.
'About a Boy' is starring Hugh Grant and this time he is a little different.
He is not the clumsy guy he always is. In the beginning he is actually mean,
but mean in a very funny way. He becomes friends with a boy (Marcus). At
first he doesn't want that but Marcus changes him and slowly makes him a
good man. Marcus himself has a mother who tries to kill herself (Toni
Collette).
The film is very funny and has some moving points too. Nicholas Hoult who
plays Marcus does a great job and I liked Hugh Grant in this film. He has
all the funny things, in his words and his appearance. Toni Collette is
strange but she proves again she is a hell of an actress. The actress I
liked the most was Rachel Weisz (her character is also named Rachel) as the
love interest of Hugh Grant, later on in the film. She is beautiful and very
lovely, even with this little time on the screen.
The film has an intelligent story, adapted from the novel of Nick Hornby.
All the characters have the exact right actor to play them. For the most
part Hugh Grant makes this film work as a comedy and Nicholas Hoult and Toni
Collette make it work as a drama. In the end you will feel good, and you had
a good time as well.