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.
Streaming rank this week: 152
About A Boy
The film version of Nick Hornby's novel About A Boy takes a deeper though no less entertaining approach than the easy laughs of Fever Pitch and High Fidelity.
The coming together of idle playboy Will (Hugh Grant) and put-upon loner Marcus (Nicholas Hoult) is a revealing tale of self-understanding and role reversal. Will finds that being yourself is of little consequence without a defining human context, while Marcus finds that pleasing others counts for little without a degree of self-confidence.
First released: Monday 2nd December 2002
Extra features
- Commentary from Chris Weitz
- Making of documentary
- Deleted scenes with directors' commentary
- Badly Drawn Boy music videos and interview
- Released: Monday 22nd April 2019
- Distributor: Fabulous Films
- Region: B
- Discs: 1
- Minutes: 101
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- Released: Tuesday 5th April 2011
- Distributor: Universal Pictures
- Region: B
- Discs: 1
- Minutes: 98
- Subtitles: English
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- Distributor: Vision Video Ltd.
- Region: 2
- Discs: 1
- Minutes: 98
- Subtitles: English
- Catalogue: 9038399
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- Released: Tuesday 14th January 2003
- Distributor: Universal Pictures
- Region: 1
- Discs: 1
- Minutes: 102
- Subtitles: English, Spanish
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