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About a boy

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Will Freeman (Hugh Grant) is a 36-year-old north Londoner who lives off the royalties from an old novelty song written by his father. Will is overly concerned with his coolness quotient and starts to notice that his friends are getting married and starting families, leaving him alone in the cold. He hatches a scheme that enables him to meet beautiful women who he can date briefly but will dump him before things get too serious - he'll date single mothers who will enjoy a brief sexual interlude but will realise her child isn't ready to have this man in their life.

Will's plans meet with an unexpected interference - Marcus, a 12-year-old boy who is decidedly uncool, has trouble with other kids at school and worries about his mother, who seems to need therapy. Will becomes reluctantly attached to the boy, which leads to a number of awkward, funny and touching situations.