About a Boy is a 2002 British-American-French
comedy-drama film produced by
Jane Rosenthal,
Robert De Niro, Brad Epstein,
Tim Bevan and
Eric Fellner, co-written and directed by brothers
Chris Weitz and
Paul Weitz with music by
Badly Drawn Boy and written by
Peter Hedges. It is an
adaptation of the 1998
novel of the same name by
Nick Hornby. The film stars are
Hugh Grant,
Nicholas Hoult,
Toni Collette, and
Rachel Weisz. The film at times uses double
voice-over narration, when the audience hears both Will's and Marcus's thoughts. The film was theatrically released on 26 April 2002 by
Universal Pictures. It was nominated for an
Academy Award for
Best Adapted Screenplay. Actors Hugh Grant and Toni Collette were nominated for a
Golden Globe and a
BAFTA Award respectively for their performances. The film received positive reviews from critics and it earned $130,549,455 on a $30 million budget.