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About a Boy(Movie, 2002)

PG-13
| 1h 41min | Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love
About a BoyRating: 3.3/5 (with 995995 votes)
About a Boy is a 2002 comedy-drama film directed by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz, who co-wrote the screenplay with Peter Hedges. It is an adaptation of the 1998 novel by Nick Hornby. The film stars Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, and Rachel Weisz. The film at times uses double voice-over narration, when the audience hears alternately Will's and Marcus's thoughts. The film was theatrically released on 26 April 2002 by Universal Pictures. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Actors Hugh Grant and Toni Collette were nominated for a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award, respe... ()
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Awards & Nominations for About a Boy

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

About About a Boy

Will Freeman is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is avoiding any kind of responsibility. But when he invents an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms, Will gets a hilarious lesson about life from a bright, but hopelessly geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will struggles to teach Marcus the art of being cool, Marcus teaches Will that you're never too old to grow up.

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Additional Information

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Plays in: London
Based on the work of: Nick Hornby ("About a Boy")
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 29 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 05/17/2002 (World premiere: 04/26/2002)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Der Tag der toten Ente"
"Um Grande Garoto"
"Comme un garçon"
"Jak na věc"
"Pour un garcon"
"Egy fiúról"
"About a Boy - Un ragazzo"
"어바웃 어 보이"
"Gutter er gutter"
"Om en pojke"
"Un Gran Chico"
Budget: 27,000,000 USD
Revenue: 129,000,000 USD (= 478%)

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:2054, Added: 02/07/2018, Last updated: 04/11/2024