About a Boy

US (2002): Comedy/Drama

Will, a charming, immature London bachelor (Hugh Grant), pretends to be a single dad in an attempt to enter the untapped dating pool of young single mothers. His deception leads him into a reluctant friendship with twelve-year-old Marcus (Nicholas Hoult), who is trying desperately to cope with his mother's depression and his own isolation at school.


· Best Achievement in Writing (Adapted Screenplay) 2002: Peter Hedges and Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz

1 nomination