Claim: There is a actor name Hugh Grant and he is in films.

About a Boy is a 2002 British-French-American comedy-drama film produced by Jane Rosenthal , Robert De Niro , Brad Epstein , Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner , co-written and directed by brothers Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz with music by Badly Drawn Boy and written by Peter Hedges . It is an adaptation of the 1998 novel of the same name by Nick Hornby . The film stars are Hugh Grant , Nicholas Hoult , Toni Collette , and Rachel Weisz . The film at times uses double voice-over narration , when the audience hears both Will 's and Marcus 's thoughts .   The film was theatrically released on 26 April 2002 by Universal Pictures . It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay . Actors Hugh Grant and Toni Collette were nominated for a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award respectively for their performances . The film received positive reviews from critics and it earned $ 130.5 million on a $ 30 million budget .