Movie
About a Boy
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2002-04-26
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Universal Pictures, Tribeca Productions, Working Title Films, Kalima Productions, StudioCanal
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America, France, Germany
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Hugh Grant as Will Freeman
- Nicholas Hoult as Marcus Brewer
- Toni Collette as Fiona Brewer
- Rachel Weisz as Rachel
- Natalia Tena as Ellie
- Victoria Smurfit as Suzie
- Augustus Prew as Ali
- Sharon Small as Christine
- Madison Cook as Imogen
- Jordan Cook as Imogen
- Nicholas Hutchison as John
- Ryan Speechley as Barney
Crew
- Paul Weitz - Director
- Chris Weitz - Director
- Peter Hedges - Screenplay
- Chris Weitz - Screenplay
- Paul Weitz - Screenplay
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