About_A_Boy

About A Boy About A Boy: A Good Comedy Many movies come and go, striving to be a big hit, entertaining us as they go along. Some movies fail miserably, some remain in the middle, and then some make it. The movie About A Boy, starring Hugh Grant, falls into the category of making it. The plot is generic: bad guy turned good guy, and nerdy kid finally fits in, but this generic “chick-flick” plot line is intertwined with clever humor allowing the movie to be more entertaining. About A Boy fulfills the requirements of a good comedy: abnormal characters, as shown through style and fashion, character development, humorous language, as well as the all-important entertaining plot. The heart of the movie is Will, a never employed 38 year-old bachelor. Will is proud to be “an island” without any attachments and enjoys his lifestyle. He comes up with a clever idea to meet single mothers through a support group, SPAT. His plan is inevitably faltered, and he becomes entwined with a young boy, Marcus, whose mother is hit by depression. Marcus seeks attention from Will daily, tearing into his “busy” schedule. However, Will and Marcus ultimately develop a relationship that helps both of them movie, marcus, mother, plot, good, comedy, boy, about, style, himself, entertaining, comedic, throughout, single, much, marcus’, life, island, characters, character, bad, without, whose, very, time, thrown, through, spat, situation, simply, shown, scenes, scene, requirements, realizes, park