3.8

76 reviews

About a Boy

Chris Weitz20021h 41mRomance, Drama, Comedy

Why we chose it

Hugh Grant plays a man who invents a son to chat up single mothers and ends up with a real twelve-year-old in his life, and it turns out both of them still need to grow up. It’s a touching film about helping each other along, and it comes, of all people, from the makers of “American Pie”.

Synopsis

Will has never had a job, because the one Christmas song his father wrote years ago still pays royalties. Marcus is twelve, dresses badly, has no friends and a mother going through a very hard time. Their paths cross after Will invents a son to get into a single parents’ group where he can pick up mothers, and Marcus sees through the lie straight away.

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Festival screenings: Oscars
Language: English
Country: United Kingdom, France, United States, Germany
Subtitles: Polish, Greek
Age rating: 12+

Oscars

Nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay

2003

Golden Globes

Nomination for Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

2003

BAFTA Awards

Nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay

2003

BAFTA Awards

Nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Toni Collette)

2003

What others say

3.8

76 reviews

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