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About a Boy [Fullscreen]

Actor(s): Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz
Director(s): Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: PG-13
Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Adult Language, Watch With Your Teen
Movie Release: 2002
DVD Release: 01/14/2003
Format: DVD - Closed Captioned
Edition: Dual Layered
Audio Tracks: English, French
Subtitles: Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 42 mins
Studio: Universal Studios
Total Copies: 86
Genres: Comedy Drama, Romantic Comedy, Coming-of-Age, Slice of Life
See Also: About a Boy [Widescreen], About a Boy, About a Boy [Widescreen], About a Boy [Widescreen] [Valentine's Day Packaging]

DVD Synopsis

London's most frequently eligible bachelor gets some lessons in growing up from a maladroit 12-year-old boy in this third big-screen adaptation of a Nick Hornby novel, directed and co-written by siblings Chris and Paul Weitz of American Pie fame. About a Boy concerns the parallel coming-of-age stories of the thirtysomething Will (Hugh Grant), a layabout "serial nice guy" living a posh, carefree lifestyle off his deceased father's fortune; and the preteen Marcus (Nicholas Hoult), a bright but awkward youth who's tired of his mom Fiona's (Toni Collette) depressed, boyfriend-less state. Their paths collide when Will, deciding that single mothers are the easiest romantic conquests on the dating scene, fabricates a two-year-old son and joins a group called S.P.A.T. (Single Parents Alone Together). Marcus is wise to Will's scheme, however, and through some incessant pestering and blackmail, he contrives for Will to date Fiona. Though Will doesn't hit it off immediately with either Marcus or his mother, he gradually begins to open up to the people around him -- so much so that he attracts the attention of another attractive single mom (Rachel Weisz). A U.S./U.K. co-production of Robert DeNiro's Tribeca Films and Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner's Working Title (the company responsible for the Grant-related Four Weddings and a Funeral and Bridget Jones's Diary), About a Boy was co-written by What's Eating Gilbert Grape creator Peter Hedges. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide

Actors

Hugh Grant - Will Freeman
Nicholas Hoult - Marcus
Toni Collette - Fiona
Rachel Weisz - Rachel

Editorial Review of DVD

About a Boy comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that fails to preserve the original theatrical aspect ratio. English and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. Spanish subtitles are accessible, and the English soundtrack is closed-captioned. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by directors Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz, outtakes, a making-of featurette, music videos from soundtrack creator Badly Drawn Boy, and an English to English dictionary. Those with a DVD-ROM drive may access additional extras. This is a fine release for what it is, but the same extras are available with a widescreen transfer on a different edition. That disc is preferable. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

Member Movie Reviews

S A A. (Learned2Heal) wrote on 10/26/2008...

0 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Superb movie! Great cast, great plot line, great narration and the best Hugh Grant movie ever!!! In fact, in an interview, he said that, of all the roles he's played, this character is the closest to his own persona. That's very interesting, because it is not your standard Hugh Grant fare. Very different flavor coming through here.

This is one of those movies you can watch again and again. Even the score is excellent! You can't have my copy, but you've gotta see this movie! :)