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NUMBERS
Box Office: $40,566,655
VHS Rentals: $9,960,000
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CONSENSUS
A winning comedy that benefits from Hugh Grant's boyish charms.
CAST & CREW
Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette
Directed by Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
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SYNOPSIS
ABOUT A BOY, directed by Chris and Paul Weitz, stars Hugh Grant as Will Freeman, a proudly self-absorbed 38-year-old Londoner. more...
MPAA RATING
PG-13, brief strong language and some thematic elements
RUNTIME
1 hour, 42 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: May 17, 2002
Video: Jan 14, 2003
RELEASE COMPANY
Universal Pictures
GENRE
Comedies, Drama, Romance, London, England, Friendships
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official About a Boy Site
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PARENTS EVALUATION
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 "[Grant] goes beyond his usual fluttering and stammering and captures the soul of a man in pain who gradually comes to recognize it and deal with it."
-- Boo Allen, CEDAR HILL SENTINEL (TX)
"This is a very fine movie -- go see it."
-- Ross Anthony, HOLLYWOOD REPORT CARD
"Grant carries the day with impeccable comic timing, raffish charm and piercing intellect."
-- Todd Anthony, SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL
"[Grant's] bumbling magic takes over the film, and it turns out to be another winning star vehicle."
-- William Arnold, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
"Sharp edges and a deep vein of sadness run through its otherwise comic narrative."
-- Jeanne Aufmuth, PALO ALTO WEEKLY
"So refreshingly incisive is Grant that for the first time he'll probably appeal more to guys than to their girlfriends who drag them to this movie for the Hugh factor."
-- Rob Blackwelder, SPLICEDWIRE
"If you liked such movies as Notting Hill, Four Weddings And A Funeral, Bridget Jones' Diary or High Fidelity, then you won't want to miss About A Boy."
-- Liz Braun, JAM! MOVIES
"A thoroughly entertaining comedy that uses Grant's own twist of acidity to prevent itself from succumbing to its own bathos."
-- Matt Brunson, CREATIVE LOAFING
"It seems Grant doesn't need the floppy hair and the self-deprecating stammers after all."
-- Carlo Cavagna, ABOUTFILM.COM
"Both Grant and Hoult carry the movie because they are believable as people -- flawed, assured of the wrong things, and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others."
-- Jeffrey Chen, WINDOW TO THE MOVIES
"A thoroughly engaging, surprisingly touching British comedy."
-- Rich Cline, FILM THREAT
"There's not much more to this adaptation of the Nick Hornby novel than charm -- effortless, pleasurable, featherweight charm."
-- Manohla Dargis, L.A. WEEKLY
"What a great way to spend 4 units of your day."
-- Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, THEMOVIECHICKS.COM
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"Grant gets to display his cadness to perfection, but also to show acting range that may surprise some who thought light-hearted comedy was his forte."
-- Marie Asner, PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH
"About a Boy vividly recalls the Cary Grant of Room for One More, Houseboat and Father Goose in its affectionate depiction of the gentle war between a reluctant, irresponsible man and the kid who latches onto him."
-- Joe Baltake, SACRAMENTO BEE
"A lot of the credit for the film's winning tone must go to Grant, who hasn't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the Atlantic love him."
-- Jay Boyar, ORLANDO SENTINEL
"A wonderful character-based comedy."
-- Gary Brown, HOUSTON COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS
" A buoyant romantic comedy about friendship, love, and the truth that we're all in this together."
-- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, SPIRITUALITY AND HEALTH
"that it'll probably be the best and most mature comedy of the 2002 summer season speaks more of the season than the picture"
-- Walter Chaw, FILM FREAK CENTRAL
"Grant is certainly amusing, but the very hollowness of the character he plays keeps him at arms length"
-- Laura Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"...a weak, manipulative, pencil-thin story that is miraculously able to entertain anyway."
-- David Cornelius, AMAZING COLOSSAL WEBSITE
"It's the perfect star vehicle for Grant, allowing him to finally move away from his usual bumbling, tongue-tied screen persona."
-- Tom Dawson, BBCI FILMS
"About a Boy will warm your heart without making you feel guilty about it."
-- Michael Dequina, FILM THREAT
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FRESH 93%
Avg. Rating: 7.9/10 |
"Beautifully written and directed and packed with excellent performances."
-- Mark Adams, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"Using a stock plot, About a Boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater."
-- James Berardinelli, JAMES BERARDINELLI'S REELVIEWS
"Hugh Grant, who has a good line in charm, has never been more charming than in About a Boy."
-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"Hilarious, acidic Brit comedy."
-- Jonathan Foreman, NEW YORK POST
"As Hugh Grant says repeatedly throughout the movie, 'Lovely! Brilliant!'"
-- Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
"The movie sticks much closer to Hornby's drop-dead confessional tone than the film version of High Fidelity did."
-- Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
 "A timid, soggy near miss."
-- Renee Graham, BOSTON GLOBE
"A flick about our infantilized culture that isn't entirely infantile."
-- Rick Groen, GLOBE AND MAIL
"A hip, whip-smart entertainment."
-- Ann Hornaday, WASHINGTON POST
"Hilarious, touching and wonderfully dyspeptic."
-- Desson Howe, WASHINGTON POST
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"Will warm your heart without making you feel guilty about it."
-- Michael Dequina, MR. BROWN'S MOVIES
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