“About a Boy”
This is a difficult review for me to write, because on paper this movie is everything that I don’t want to find when I go to the theater: a sentimental tale of a callow man who “grows up,” courtesy of his relationship with a troubled boy.
Starring Hugh Grant, no less.
But the problem is, I really liked it. It is sentimental, but it seems to earn that sentiment, unlike most similar movies churned out by the Hollywood tear-jerking machine. It meanders along amiably, with some good, easy laughs and very few, if any, tears. Toni Collette is excellent as usual – I love how she can look absolutely beautiful in some roles and rather plain in others (like this one). And I actually liked Hugh Grant in it.
I may need to adjust my medication.
I kinda wanna read the book by this guy, who also wrote “High Fidelity,” another movie I could really get behind.