About A Boy (2002)

If, in a thousand years, cultural scientists are unearthing cinematic artifacts from our time, they'll be able to chart the evolution of Hugh Grant's career simply by his hair. And their records will show that with About A Boy, he's made another satisfying leap forward. Gone is the floppy fringe of Four Weddings and Bridget Jones, eroded by time and fashion into the fashionably spiky mess that adorns his noggin. And, in Working Title's adaptation of the bestseller by thirtysomething strife specialist Nick Hornby, his spikier attitude makes him perfect to portray one of the author's stalwart new man/lad hybrids. So what we get is the ideal blend: a sarcastic, materialistic schemer who still manages to be charming and appealing.

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