About A Boy

Will Freeman is a 38 year old bachelor that's got money, no girlfriend, and a lot of immaturity. When he realizes one day that all of his friends are married and settling down with their lives – he finds himself to be lonely and not have much meaning in life. He starts to attend single parent sessions where he pretends that he has a son, in order to meet other women who are vulnerable and easy to snatch.

He starts to meet a long line of single parents, and he easily passes them off as soon as they look for a hint of commitment. What he didn't expect to meet at these sessions, however, was the most unlikely of best friends.

One of the single moms is chronically depressed, unstable, and actually suicidal. Her son, Marcus, so badly just wants his mom to be happy and begins to latch onto Will in hopes he will be a positive influence in him and his mom's lonely lives. Marcus is a strange boy – he's annoying, he asks a lot of questions, he talks to much, and he's socially awkward. He gets bullied at school because of strange things he does like sing to himself out loud without even realizing he did it.

Will can't shake this kid and he finds him to be quite a nuisance – but then they begin to connect on a deeper level in which they both help each other out. Marcus receives guidance through the troubles that adolescence is, and Will begins to realize that Marcus can help him do a lot of growing up at his late stage in life.

So my question is – if the title is “About a Boy” - which boy are we talking about?

This movie is rather depressing at a lot of parts I found. I am a fan of Hugh Grant and I thought that he was great in this film (as an unsuspecting father figure) and I loved seeing the friendship blossom between him and Marcus. I believe every relationship in this world should be mutually beneficial, and this movie is a prime example of that. No matter who it is, you will be able to learn something and get something from them – and you can teach them and give them something too.

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