About a Boy is a 2002 English-language Comedy Drama movie directed by Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz and produced by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Brad Epstein, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner under the banner of StudioCanal in collaboration with TriBeCa Productions and Working Title Films. A cynical, immature young man is taught how to act like a grown-up by a little boy. About a boy stars Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz and Nicholas Hoult. The screenplay is written by Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz which is inspired from About a Boy by Nick Hornby. The music was composed by Basil Poledouris along with Badly Drawn Boy. Cinematography was done by Remi Adefarasin and editing by Nick Moore. The motion picture has a running time of 101 minutes. It was released on 26th April 2002 and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. About a Boy was made on a budget of $30 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $130 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Universal Pictures.