About a Boy

2002 101 min Drama, Comedy, Romance

Will Freeman is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is avoiding any kind of responsibility. But when he invents an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms, Will gets a hilarious lesson about life from a bright, but hopelessly geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will struggles to teach Marcus the art of being cool, Marcus teaches Will that you're never too old to grow up.

IMDb 7.1 RT 93 Metacritic 75

budget $27,000,000 earnings $129,000,000 return 4.8x

director Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz

writers Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz, Peter Hedges

cast