About a Boy is probably one of the best films I've seen in recent years. At times funny, at times touching, it works throughout the entire movie.
So you wanna' know what it's about? There's this guy (played by Hugh Grant) who lives alone and has never had a real job because he lives off of the money his father made from a song that's been popular around Christmastime ever since. He meets this boy who has been having difficulty in school and whose mother is suicidal. Together, they discover that no man is an island, or rather every man is an island, except... ah, well, I'll leave that for the movie.
Seriously, though, this is one of my favorites of recent years. Go out immediately and watch it. Never have I seen a touching movie so funny, or a funny movie so touching. Worth every penny.
So you wanna' know what it's about? There's this guy (played by Hugh Grant) who lives alone and has never had a real job because he lives off of the money his father made from a song that's been popular around Christmastime ever since. He meets this boy who has been having difficulty in school and whose mother is suicidal. Together, they discover that no man is an island, or rather every man is an island, except... ah, well, I'll leave that for the movie.
Seriously, though, this is one of my favorites of recent years. Go out immediately and watch it. Never have I seen a touching movie so funny, or a funny movie so touching. Worth every penny.