About a Boy is a movie directed by Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz in 2002 and based on the book of the same name by Nick Hornby, first published in 1998. The movie features Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Victoria Smurfit, Sharon Small, and others.
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Storyline
Will Freeman lives a serene and luxurious lifestyle devoid of responsibility in London thanks to substantial royalties left to him from a successful Christmas song composed by his father. Marcus’s influence leads Will to mature and he seeks out a relationship with Rachel, a self-assured career woman, bonding over their experiences raising teenage sons, though Will neglects to explain his relationship to Marcus.
Movie vs Book
Year
2002
Minutes
101
Movie Rate
7.00
Source: IMDb
Movie
About a Boy
Director: Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
Country: UK
Year: 2002
Length: 1h41m
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Year
1998
Pages
307
Book Rate
7.58
S: Goodreads
Book
About a Boy
Author: Nick Hornby
Country: UK
First published in: 1998
Length: 307 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
TV Series by Jason Katims
User polls & recommendations
“It’s often quite an adversarial relationship between a novelist and the people adapting their work, because a big part of the job is discarding material.”
DAVID NICHOLLS (Writer and Screenwriter)
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