It’s like that thing Jon Bon Jovi said: ‘No man is an island.’

Being all alone at home with pay per view television, I decided to improve my culture, movie-wise. And as I have a ‘crush’ on everything that is British and is called Hugh Grant, I decided to watch a nice, light romantic comedy I never got around to seeing.

As you may have guessed, I am talking “About a Boy”. Unsurprisingly, Hugh has yet another role as a shallow, quite rich and extremely charming playboy who only thinks about present time and himself. I would assume that it’s the way men usually think, but I don’t really mean to be that harsh. Anyway, as Will is going through his ‘doing nothing’ life, trying to get smoothly from one woman to another and discovering how attractive single mothers seem to be. In his quest for the next *shag*, he enters the rather picturesque world of SPAT (yes, pun intended) – a single parents organization, consisting mostly of depressed, unattractive women who are crying over stupid fathers who left them and their children alone. Will manages to make up an imaginary chld, gets to meet Susie (the only cute woman in the club) and eventually, through a series of events, meets Marcus, the boy that is going to change his life.

Marcus is a 12 year old boy, with a lunatic mother and somewhat interesting ideas about life. He meets Will in one of the toughest moments of his life: his mother tries to commit suicide, for no apparent reason at all. This makes Marcus uneasy, permanently frightened that this would happen again. And so, he tries to find comfort and help in this strange, shallow man that is Will.

An uncommon friendship is set between the two, especially when they both get crushes on two girls and start helping eachother out. Will is trying to get Marcus out of his cocoon and make him more sociable, and Marcus, well, he is making Will grow up in ways he wouldn’t have imagined.

Needless to say, I liked the movie. I find that Hugh Grant is maybe not the most versatile actor in the world, but delivers such charming, lovable characters that are always pretty hard to forget. The kid is cute, funny, although quite cheeky and annoying at first. Will’s crush, Rachel, is actually Rachel Weisz, a great actress herself, and it is a shame we do not get to see more of her during the movie.

All in all, I would highly recommend this movie to anyone who would like a nice afternoon/evening in front of the tv, with a hot cup of tea and preferably someone you love by your side. I found that the latter is optional, and that the movie is so good you will laugh most of the time, forgetting you are alone. At least I did.

Enjoy!

P.S. The movie is based on a novel by Nick Hornby, one of my favourite British authors. Perfect match

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Cred ca era momentul sa imi iau inima in dinti si sa fac o recenzie a filmului meu preferat (cel putin de pana acum): Love Actually. Un film aparut in 2003 si care pana acum nu a reusit sa ma dezamageasca la nicio vizionare.