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Summary: Fantastic; one of the years best!
Review: This film is great; it is truly, truly great. Im not sure if Iliked this better than High Fidelity, but it was pretty impressive. The film centers around Will (Hugh Grant), a person who makes up an imaginary son to meet women. Trust me; it's not formulatic at all. Surprisingly, Hugh Grant is hilarious. He lives off of the royalties of his dad's christmas song, which is often playing at the mall when he goes there. The film is directed by Paul and Chris Weitz; don't let that fool you, it has a lot of heart. The dvd is good; the deleted scenes are okay (they are not "hilarious" as the box says); I really enjoyed the "Spotlight on Location." All in all, worth owning.
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Summary: good but nothing special
Review: i saw this movie a week ago. The movie's really just about a guy who's selfish and charmless, and has no feelings for kids. He is 38 living a pretty cool life not having to do any work since his rich, and he has never had a relationship lasting over 2 month. One day he finds a sign in a shopping center saying single parents night. He decides to go there. All the people there have children and they are looking for a guy with a kid, so ofcourse he lies and says he has a kid, and he ended up gettin a partener. Not long he and his partener decided to go on a stroll down the park so they did, and the lady brand her baby and her friends son on a walk since her friend was in a bad condition. The boy was feeding the fish and he than threw the whole bred on a duck and actually killed it so they went back home. As they went back to drop off the boy they saw his mum unconsioused from trying to kill herself so they got an ambulance and went to hospital. Not long after the boy starts to becomes friends the selfish guy and the guy actually has feelings for the poor boy and buys him some fashionable stuff like that he won't get bullied. Theres more to the movie but i don't want to rewn it in case you want to see it. Any way overall this was a good film with a fair bit of comedy but it had some boring bits. Any way a fair acting from hugh grant who i don't personally like as an actor but this film he did good. If you like romance you would may aswell watch it and if your a fan of hugh grant then RENT IT!!! BUY IT!!! Any well just to make it more simple heres a rating out of ten for the story, comedy, romance etc.story plot:8(great story) comedy:5(had some funny bits) action:0 romance:7(pretty romantic) sadness:8(sad yes) To be honest i really recomend this movie for little kids and older people, its stupid they rate it M15 because so it had the theme where the boys mum tried to kill herself but the romance and the ending makes up for it oh well any way my opinion good movie!!! and if you have kids go rent it!!!should be PG!!!
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Summary: About a boy charms with wits
Review: What do you get when you pair up a worthless trust-fund scion with an ordinary boy of low self-esteem? A hilarious comedy that piercingly dissects family quirks, friendships and relationships. Hugh Grant exudes a cavalier charm as Will who finds himself gravitating to the young Marcus (Nicholas Hoult) in their pretense as father-and-son to impress on his love-interest (Rachel Weisz). Marcus, in the process of avoiding his suicidial-prone mother (Toni Collette) finds Will a surrogate daddy-figure. Their affecting screen chemistry graces the excellent adaptation and direction by Chris and Paul Weitz of American Pie fame. Punctuated with provoking dialogues edged with sarcasm and rapier wits, About A Boy is an earnest comedy of dysfunctional families, dislocated society and humanity that is cuttingly poignant and sharply observant.
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Summary: Better than I thought it might be...
Review: What a pleasant surprise! I had skipped both the book and the movie last summer, but picked up the DVD on a whim. Hugh Grant (the initial attraction for me) does a terrific job portraying a single man who seems as if he's trying to convince himself that he is happy with his lonely and disconnected existence. He reluctantly becomes involved as a father figure to a 12-year-old misfit of a boy, and discovers that he has a knack for helping this kid through some troubled times (at school and at home). Even my husband, who frowned when I didn't return from the video store with "The Bourne Identity", confessed that he really enjoyed this movie. I think he (and a lot of other men) can relate to the main character's feeling that he was an "island" but is now part of an "island chain". :)
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Summary: Our Boy Hugh
Review: About a Boy is one of those films that gets better the more times you watch it. It's so funny you can't laugh at half the jokes because you are still chuckling from the last one. Yet About a Boy is more than just a bunch of punch lines strung together, this film touches on some serious issues, but in a manner that never seems pretentious. Will (Hugh Grant) is in his late 30's and doesn't really care about anyone or anything but himself. Attempting to meet single mothers (although he hates kids, he thinks single mothers are desparate) he accidentally falls in with a boy named Marcus (Nicholas Hoult). Slowly the two begin a friendship that will be the most important relationship either has ever had. I don't want to say much more than that. This story is endlessly charming. American Pie directors Paul and Chris Weitz have fashioned a magnificent film out of Nick Hornby's material. And how well does Hugh Grant fill out this role? Charming, witty, and hopelessly self-absorbed, he is fantastic as Will, the guy you know you shouldn't like, but do anyway.
All the supporting players are great too. Toni Collette is amazing as Marcus's misfit mother and few child actors come off better than Nicholas Hoult does here. I really enjoyed this one.
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Summary: A fun 'romantic' comedy
Review: Hugh Grant is great and the writing is fun. Summary:
Will (Hugh Grant) does nothing. He has no job because he is living off of the proceeds of a song his father wrote (Super Sleigh Ride or something like that). He has never had a job. And, he is a playboy. He enjoys chasing women. Marcus (Nicholas Hoult) is a young boy who has a lot of problems. His mother, Fiona (Toni Collette) is a depressed treehugger (I used that affectionately because I am a treehugger) that is raising him to be different which is resulting in him having no friends. Will, at close to 40, finally hits on the idea of chasing single moms. He ends up pursuing a friend of Fiona's who is taking care of Marcus one afternoon. When they take Marcus home after a picnic together, they find Fiona nearly dead from a suicide attempt. Though Fiona survives, Marcus gets it in his head that what his mother needs is a boyfriend, so he tries to set her up with Will. It doesn't click, at all, but Marcus eventually becomes friends with Will. Will tries to help him out by teaching him how to not be quite so different from everyone else and Marcus helps Will realize that he does want and need people in his life. Will eventually ends up finding a woman he likes and really wants to keep around and Will makes friends. My Comments:
The premise is fun and the movie keeps you very interested, despite Will not 'doing anything'. Hugh Grant is hilarious. The movie is very insightful and does a great job of teasing out the bizarre life that Will has created for himself. Though the other actors are good for the most part (there are some awkward points with Nicholas Hoult where it just doesn't work), Hugh Grant really does steal the show. Ultimately the movie ends up being about friendship and love and needing people to survive in this world (and I guess, in a sense, about growing up). It is a good message that is a bit overt but not overly so. The movie is fun, but never really enters into the realm of emotionally compelling (at least it didn't for me). I would recommend it. It is a very fun romantic comedy, though the romance is really more between Will and Marcus and their relationship than it is between Will and his love interest.
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Summary: I loved this movie
Review: This movie is a great british movie. Its about a selfish, non working man named Will and he wants to meet women so he goes to this club for single mothers and lies the whole time. Thats were he meets a dorky boy named Marcus. They soon become friends but Marcuses mother is depressed and tried to kill her self. Marcus is sad. He helps Will become somthing and helps him find love. This is a great movie that makes you think about others and how friendship between one old and one young is very strong. Go see this movie
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Summary: Hilarious, touching, great soundtrack...You will love it!
Review: This is one of the best movies of 2002 and one of my new all time favorites. I was a Hugh Grant fan after Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill, but he is at his funniest (and cutest) in About a Boy. The story centers around the shallow and self centered Will (Grant) who begrudgingly forms a friendship with a teenage outcast named Marcus. Other reviewers have covered the storyline pretty well, so I will just say that this movie is hilarious. It is a must see, funny, smart and endearing with a great ending that wraps everything up neatly. You can't go wrong with this movie.
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Summary: Truly Original are the Characters and Their Development
Review: I was so happy to see a main character that had it made and appreciated his position in life. I was ecstatic to see Hugh Grant's character acknowledge how easy his life was. The supporting actors were good also. The little boy was a great character with a very interesting personality. This film was very entertaining to watch. I myself am a collegiate bum. So I liked this film mostly because of Hugh Grant's character. If you are like me though, I'm sure you can relate. I rated this film four out of five stars.
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Summary: not too impressed
Review: This movie really was not that great. It was really slow. I mean its about a bachelor trying to get women. And he decides that women with kids are the way to go, so he goes to a single parents meeting and lies to everyone about having a son. and That does not last too long. A couple people catch on to his scheme. And he meets this kid that gets picked on in school and this kid goes to his house like everyday because his mother is suicidal and does not understand or have any clue whats going on. blah blah, then the movie ends and its not even a great ending either. Overall, the movie is not that good. It's kind of boring.
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