About a Boy: Book vs. Movie
Chris and Paul Weitz's 2002 film About a Boy adapts Nick Hornby's book. Hugh Grant plays a bachelor whose elaborate avoidance of responsibility is disrupted by a twelve-year-old boy, played by Nicholas Hoult.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Nick Hornby
- Year
- 1998
- Pages
- 336Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 7 hr 45 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- David Case
Will Freeman has enough inherited income to avoid work and enough excuses to avoid responsibility. Pretending to be a single father seems like an easy way to meet women, until twelve-year-old Marcus begins treating him as someone worth relying on. Marcus needs help with school bullies and his mother's depression, and refuses to respect the boundaries Will has built around his comfortable life.
- Director
- Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
- Writer
- Peter Hedges
- Year
- 2002
- Runtime
- 1 hr 41 min
- Cast
- Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult
- Genre
- comedy drama, drama, romantic comedy
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Will's attempt to meet women at a single-parent support group introduces him to Marcus, a boy who has far more pressing concerns than dating. Marcus starts visiting his flat, hoping this seemingly capable adult can help his depressed mother. Will's carefully arranged days of shopping, television and casual relationships begin to fill with obligations he cannot simply switch off.
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