About a Boy - English Essay

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iAbout A Boy The film’s title mirrors a Patti Smith song of the same name, a tribute to Kurt Cobain and itself a play on the Nirvana song ’’About a Girl’’. The title could make us think about the relationship between Will Freeman (Hugh Grant) and Marcus Brewer (Nicholas Hoult). Will is a 30 something man, who is looking for relationships with no commitments. He lives of the residuals of his father's one song, a one hit wonder about Santa Claus – therefore he is unemployed. He is British, hard edged and mostly serious with occasional humor. He is like a kid trapped in an adult’s body. He gives up easily, like in the film, when Rachel finds out Marcus isn’t his son. He finds single mothers as easy relationships, and going for this, he meets Suzie (Victoria Smurfit). Suzie decides to take Will with her on a picnic. At this picnic, Will meets Marcus, the 12-year-old son of Suzie's friend, Fiona (Toni Collette), who is a music therapist. Fiona is separated from Marcus’ father. Fiona is rather domineering (stavning - Det er da rigtig stavet?) when it comes to deciding what is good for her and Marcus. She suffers from depression, which Marcus feels completely helpless about. Marcus is like an adult trapped in a kid’s body. He is grown in a single-parent family and is friendless. He is very mature and takes care of his mother, whom suffers from a depression. He has a crush on a 15 year-old girl from Marcus' school with a bad reputation. Her name is Ellie McCrae. She is one of the ‘cool kids’ and is seen as a ‘rebel’, by the way she dresses and her looks. At first she makes fun of him, but throughout the film. Marcus at first wants her to be his girlfriend, but at the end of he has realized that being good friends is a much better option. After Marcus and Will meet their relationship grows. Most of the action in the movie is set in Islington, England and in particular
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