About a Boy is a 2002 British-American-French comedy-drama film produced by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Brad Epstein, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, co-written and directed by brothers Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz with music by Badly Drawn Boy and written by Peter Hedges. It is an adaptation of the 1998 novel of the same name by Nick Hornby. The film stars are Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, and Rachel Weisz. The film at times uses double voice-over narration, when the audience hears both Will's and Marcus's thoughts. The film was theatrically released on 26 April 2002 by Universal Pictures. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Actors Hugh Grant and Toni Collette were nominated for a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award respectively for their performances. The film received positive reviews from critics and it earned $130,549,455 on a $30 million budget.Synopsis
Will Freeman est un trentenaire londonien et un célibataire endurci. Vivant allègrement grâce aux droits d'auteur qu'il perçoit sur une chanson de Noël écrite par son père, il s'invente un fils pour draguer des mères célibataires.Un jour, il fait la connaissance de Marcus, un garçon de douze ans, fils de Fiona, hippie et végétarienne, et tête de Turc de l'école. Will et Marcus deviennent amis, et pendant que Will apprend à Marcus l'art d'être cool, Marcus apprend à Will l'art d'être... adulte.
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