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About
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.
Theatrical
May 17, 2002
Box Office
$129.0M
Budget
$27.0M
Return
4.8x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 14, 2003
Theaters
5
Directors
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Universal Pictures, Tribeca Productions, Working Title Films, Kalima Productions, StudioCanal
Quotes
See all →Interest in Music Sparks Conversation
Ellie
You like rap?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Discussion of Music Preferences
Will
It's a CD, Marcus, by ]. They're cool. You'll like them.
[[w:Mystikal|Mystikal]
Fiona
What kind of music is Mystikal?
Will
It's sort of, um, world music . . .
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
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Hugh Grant
Will Freeman
Nicholas Hoult
Marcus Brewer
T
Toni Collette
Fiona Brewer
R
Rachel Weisz
Rachel
N
Natalia Tena
Ellie
V
Victoria Smurfit
Suzie
A
Augustus Prew
Ali
S
Sharon Small
Christine
N
Nicholas Hutchison
John
D
Denise Stephenson
Lindsey
C
Chris Webster
Ellie's Friend
I
Isabel Brook
Angie
P
Paulette P. Williams
Bitter Ex-Girlfriend
S
Susannah Doyle
Bitter Ex-Girlfriend
F
Fritha Goodey
Bitter Ex-Girlfriend
P
Peter Roy
Will's Dad
R
Rosalind Knight
Lindsey's Mum
S
Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre
Cute Waitress
C
Cathy Murphy
Nurse
M
Mark Heap
Math Teacher
