About a Boy
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- 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....
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- Starring
- Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz
- Director(s)
- Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
- Distributor(s)
- Universal
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 100 min.
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Washington Post | Ann HornadayAdd Critic to Favorites
That rare romantic comedy that dares to choose messiness over closure, prickly independence over fetishized coupledom, and honesty over typical Hollywood endings.Read the full review
Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites
Hilarious, touching and wonderfully dyspeptic.Read the full review
Slate | David EdelsteinAdd Critic to Favorites
It's irresistible, damn it. Mainstream comedies should all be this funny and tender and deftly performed.Read the full review
