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About a Boy (2002)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B+ Source Brief Review Grade* Atlanta Journal-Constitution Eleanor Ringel Gillespie "... full of sharp observations and killer wit..." more... B+ BBC Tom Dawson "...the perfect star vehicle for Grant..." more... B+ Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert "...a comedy of confidence and grace." more... A- Chicago Tribune Mark Caro "... funny, moving and true..." more... B+ Cincinnati Enquirer Margaret A. McGurk "The acting throughout is confident and spot-on..." more... A- E! Online "...calm, classy and funny..." more... A- filmcritic.com Christopher Null "...the film is salvaged by its strong leads." more... B   Hollywood Reporter Mark Adams "...beautifully written and directed and packed with excellent performances..." more... A- Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan "...there's a potential for something better still that never manages to get realized." more... C   New York Post Jonathan Foreman "...never gives way to sentimentality." more... B   New York Times A.O. Scott "...charming..." more... B   ReelViews James Berardinelli "...deserving of more exposure than it's likely to get." more... B   Rolling Stone Peter Travers " The acid comedy of Grant's performance carries the film." more... B+ Slant Magazine Alexa Camp "...whimsically enchanting..." more... B   USA Today Claudia Puig "...that rare film that's as clever and moving as the book on which it was based." more... A- * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)