About a Boy Review by B Movie Ben (4 Stars)

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Directed By
Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz

Written By:
Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz, Peter Hedges

Cast:
Hugh Grant, Rachel Weisz, Toni Collette, Nicholas Hoult, Victoria Smurfit

About a Boy (2002)

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Movie Review by B Movie Ben

March 9th, 2008

I am an island. I am bloody Ibiza!

Favorite Movie Quote: "You don't give a sh*t about anyone and no one gives a sh*t about you!"

No, I am not about to say that there is a Hugh Grant film that is better that Four Weddings and a Funeral, but this comes so damn close that it is scary.

Grant was absolutely brilliant in a film about a man who was consumed with his own self interests. Reading today's newspaper, there are a lot more out there like him than we realize. Like the children of boomers, he doesn't have concern for others in the world because he was given everything.

But, things do change, Sometimes you open the door to let others come in and you will be amazed. He did it by accident, he fought hard to go back when things didn't turn out the way he wanted, and he finally just opened to the world and started to enjoy life.

Toni Collette was also very good in this film by three brilliant writers: Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz, and Paul Weitz (the Weitz also directed) based upon a novel by Nick Hornby (High Fidelity, Fever Pitch).

And, of course, any film gets and extra star when Rachel Weisz is present, even if it was only a small role.

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