About a Boy

About a Boy (2002) starring Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult. A totally self-absorbed bachelor named Will (Grant), who lives off the royalties from a song his father wrote, decides to pose as a single dad in order to pick up women. What he doesn't count on is Marcus (Hoult), a 12-year-old boy who meets him and decides that he, Will, would make a good addition to the small family of Marcus and his mother (Collette). Marcus starts coming over to Will's flat uninvited and watching TV with him. Will resists, but eventually is won over. This movie is a pleasant story of how two people can form an attachment without the usual Hollywood trappings, and how that attachment can be a benefit to everyone involved. It's also a funny film. I enjoyed it quite a bit. (Subtitles for the hearing-impaired are offered on the disc.) Grade: B