About a Boy (2002)

6.6	Listal rating
7.1	IMDB rating

Directed by

Paul Weitz

Chris Weitz

Starring (View all)

Will Freeman

Marcus Brewer

Christine

Imogen

Imogen

John

Barney

Barney

Written by (View all)

Nick Hornby

(novel)

Peter Hedges

(screenplay) and

About a Boy Trailers

About a Boy (10/10) Movie CLIP - You're Sick (2002) HD

24 Views

Added 7 months ago

"Killing me softly with his song" in About a boy

21 Views

Added 1 year ago

View all About a Boy videos (10 more)

Cover art, photos and screenshots

1 vote

View all About a Boy pictures (32 more)

Lists

183 votes

The Romance Movie Cliches (spoilers) (51 items)
list by Lexie

Published 2 years, 8 months ago

24 comments

122 votes

When IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes disagree (59 items)
list by judmac1

Published 11 months, 2 weeks ago

52 comments

105 votes

Two movies...Together? (35 items)
list by propelas

Published 1 year, 12 months ago

14 comments

75 votes

Watched in 2012 (345 items)
list by Revo Ji

Published 1 year, 4 months ago

10 comments

68 votes

Listal's 100 Most Underrated Films (357 items)
list by Coby

Published 1 year, 2 months ago

69 comments

View all About a Boy lists (152 more)

Reviews

Review

2 years, 3 months ago at Feb 8 14:03

propelas

4 votes

About a Boy is based on a book by Nick Hornby. The case is not terribly original. The viewer knows more or less what will happen. But the humorous mood throughout the film, makes it very interesting. This is based on the pattern of two completely different characters (with only common point of loneliness), the conflict which caused laughter. To this end, of course, help considerably sound interpre... read more

Charming British comedy

5 years ago at Apr 28 1:17

PvtCaboose91

2 votes

"I was in some strange territory. Was I frightened? I was petrified."

I usually enjoy watching these types of heart-warming British comedies, and About a Boy is certainly no exception. This one has a lot more heart than some other comedies I've seen over the years, and the great cast certainly help the film majorly.

Hugh Grant plays Will, a 38-year-old underachiever ... read more

Another enjoyable Hugh Grant rom-com!

2 years, 11 months ago at May 31 10:08

SJMJ91

1 vote

Another soppy (not bad) Hugh Grant rom-com was the first thing that came to my mind when I heard of his film and saw a couple of pictures and the poster and this is exactly what I thought of it. It was an enjoyable film that was inspiring, funny and emotional. I don't really know why but it reminded me of Billy Elliot. Also, I have to say that About A Boy is a very predictable film with consequenc... read more

View all About a Boy reviews (1 more)

Description: ABOUT A BOY stars Hugh Grant as Will Freeman, a proudly self-absorbed 38-year-old Londoner. Living lavishly off the royalties from a hit Christmas song penned by his father, Will excels at nothing except doing nothing, which, in his case, includes shopping for CDs and having his hair "professionally disheveled." When Will ma ... (more)

Release date : 17 May 2002
UPC: 025192245220

Comedy (41), Drama (33), Romance (25), Family (13), 2000s (11), 2002 (11), Based On Novel (11), (10), British (9), England (9), Depression (9), Nick Hornby (8), Single Parent (7), Based On A Novel (6), Mentor (6), London (6), Hugh Grant (6), UK (5), Based On Book (5), Relationships (4)

Join Listal to add your own lists, reviews, tags, pictures and videos to this Movie

Update feed

Jigranch added this to a list 1 week ago

Jigs' Movie Library (738 movies items)

Jamie M. added this to a list 1 week, 2 days ago

My Favorite Romantic Comedies (58 movies items)

Bianca Di Stefano added this to a list 1 week, 2 days ago

Movie Diary 2013 (102 movies items)

arnott added this to a list 3 weeks, 6 days ago

100 Greatest Male Performances 1990-Present by Dig (168 movies items)

"Hugh Grant as Will Freeman"

ToonHead2102 added this to a list 1 month, 2 weeks ago

3003MasterpiecesToChangeYourLifeBeforeYouAscend-P3 (1001 movies items)

Gaby added this to a list 1 month, 3 weeks ago

The Few Faces of Hugh Grant (The Redemption) (20 movies items)

Miki58 added this to a list 2 months ago

Favorite movies (197 movies items)

Lydia added this to a list 2 months, 1 week ago

Movie Diary March 2013 (18 movies items)

"I really like Hugh Grant and Nicholas Hoult is one of my favorite child actors. Was this my favorite movie? No. But it was very heartwarming, and uniquely done. "

moviewatcher122 voted for an image 2 months, 2 weeks ago

moviewatcher122 added this to a list 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Watched in 2013 (227 movies items)

"March 4 "And there I was killing them softly with my song. Or rather being killed. And not so softly either." This was in my want to watch list for quite a while, but I lowered my expectations after seeing Hugh Grant in Four Weddings and a Funeral. I was expecting him to be really obnoxious, but that wasn't the case. He actually did a good job in this movie and actually delivered some funny lines. I also thought the story wasn't too bad either. I didn't fall in love with this movie, but I'm "

Jamie M. added this to a list 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Favorite Film Title Screens (790 movies items)