About a Boy

Pros: yup
Cons: nope

So many of the movies I’ve seen over the past six months have featured lonely people. Some of them were really good movies (Cherish, Innocence) others not quite as good (

Pros: Everything
Cons: I didn't see it sooner.

Ok. Yes. I did read lots of great reviews... a few slammed it hard, but most were singing it's praises. Yet I doubted. I should not have. About a Boy is a work of art. Me, I didn't mean anything. About anything, to anyone. And I knew that ...

Pros: Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hault, Toni Collette.
Cons: Unexpected drama, a few loose ends.

I am a man that is hard to upset, but when I enter a movie thinking it’s going to be a comedy and it turns out to be more of a drama, I get mad. You might even call it rage or fury. All I know is that this movie wasn’t what I thought it was going to be....

Pros: Grant, Hoult, Collette; funny, perceptive story
Cons: Early scene with Collette character too heavy

During a dinner date with a lady friend, Hugh Grant’s character, Will, is told by his companion that she thinks he’s a blank. Instead of arguing the point, Will concedes it. During the course of the film, “About A Boy,” Will comes to realize that he, a...

Pros: Grant,Nicholas Hoult, and tremendous script and direction
Cons: Ending could have been stronger

I have seen all the big blockbusters lately and most of them have one thing in common: a script that could have been written by a thirteen year old. Oh, they have another thing in common too: SPECIAL EFFECTS. Lots of SPECIAL EFFECTS. In fact, the true...

Pros: Little Nicholas Hoult was a ray of light.
Cons: Directing was bad. The marketing p*ssed me off.

Preamble
Unbelievable. I fell for it again. Those damn critics with their tag lines of, "Best Comedy of 2002", and "Just Like Bridget Jones's Diary". And let's not forget those trailers that showed Hugh Grant as a...

Pros: Grant sparkles, the direction is confident, the score by Badly Drawn Boy zips and bounces
Cons: The story follows a predictable course.

Will Freeman is an island.

Surrounded by oceans of women, Will goes through life with the devil-may-care attitude of a hipster playboy; he’s a modern rogue with a smooth-as-Kahlua charm and an eye-twinkle grin. He’s a bloke always on the make...

Pros: Well-scripted, well acted, well delivered. A nice package.
Cons: Tends to trivialize mental illness.

Today half the kids in the county swarmed into theaters to see the latest Star Wars epic. Today Mrs. G and I diverged from the crowd at our local Cineplex and took in a much different movie. About A Boy turned out to be a most entertaining and...

Pros: Grant; Hoult; Collette; creative screenplay
Cons: A couple of inconsistencies in emotional tone, but nothing significant

"No man is an island..." except for Will Freeman. He's trying hard to prove the exception to the rule. A good-looking, wealthy Englishman, Will lives in a posh flat by himself in London. His home is filled with comforts and conveniences, so much so that ...

Pros: It's about a lot of things.
Cons: An awful lot of things.

I must have set a new record for Most Times Planning To See A Movie But Never Actually Going ...

Pros: Very funny, Hugh Grant in top form
Cons: Useless software for viewing DVD on computer, boring outtakes

About A Boy was heralded as, "The best British film of the year!", and being British I know just what a dubious accolade that can be. However, for once, best of British can hold its head up high in the film world. Well, I saw this when it came ...

Pros: Small twist on an over used plot
Cons: Over used plot

About a Boy at first flush seems like a fluff film that isn’t even really a chick-flick. I had it sent because of Toni Collette. I have a list of favorite actors/actresses (more of the female variety usually) and I add their films to my Netflix ...

Pros: good performances, smart dislogue
Cons: profanity, characters not too likable to begin with

While reviewing < b>Music and Lyrics yesterday, I noted that I was impressed by Hugh Grant's singing voice, having never heard it before. Upon reflection, it occurs to me that this is not entirely true. I did hear ...

Pros: On the surface, this one is happy.
Cons: Below the surface, this one is pretty sad.

Don’t expect an unbiased review from me on About a Boy. As a single mom raising little guys, ...

Pros: The entire cast, lots of funny dialogue
Cons: A few slow moments, some good parts left out from the book

Having read the book, I was eagerly anticipating the arrival of this movie. About A Boy is based on a novel by Nick Hornby, who also wrote the novels which turned into the movies Fever Pitch and High Fidelity, starring John Cusack and Jack Black. If...