About A Boy. Image shows from L to R: Will Freeman (Hugh Grant), Marcus (Nicholas Hoult)
About A Boy
- 2002 film
Film based on Nick Hornby's novel about a bittersweet friendship built up between a cynical, selfish man and a bullied 11 year old boy. Stars Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Rachel Weisz, Victoria Smurfit, Toni Collette and more.
About A Boy. Image shows from L to R: Marcus (Nicholas Hoult), Will Freeman (Hugh Grant)
Key details
- Genre
- Film
- Released
- 2002
- Stars
- Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Rachel Weisz, Victoria Smurfit, Toni Collette, Natalia Tena and Augustus Prew
- Writers
- Nick Hornby and Peter Hedges
- Directors
- Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz
- Producers
- Tim Bevan and Lynn Harris
- Companies
Will is a thirty-something bachelor who spends his life luxuriating in the bliss of having nothing to do; Marcus is an 11 year old boy who is bullied and scared about his mum's mental health. Thrown together by a series of lies and scheming on Will's behalf, they build up a curious friendship.
From Marcus' influence, Will begins to change his ways and proves to everyone that he is not worthless.
Additional details
- Tagline
- Growing up has nothing to do with age
- UK certificate
- 12
- Duration
- 97 minutes
- UK release
- Friday 26th April 2002
- Box office
- £16,387,798
- Production
- Studio
- Picture
- Colour
- Soundtrack
- Badly Drawn Boy provides nearly all of the music for this film.
Website links
- Official Site
The official About A Boy website. Quite old and broken now. Probably not worth a look. - IMDb
- Wikipedia
Broadcast details
- Most recent repeats
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- Thursday 5th May 2022 at 9:00pm on ITVBe
- Saturday 30th April 2022 at 9:00pm on ITVBe
- Sunday 14th February 2021 at 11:20pm on Comedy Central