I've left it a couple of weeks before reflecting on the film.
The film is an adaptation of a book by Nick Hornby.
Hugh Grant plays London singleton Will Freeman who has some rather frank observations about his bachelor lifestyle where he quite literally does nothing except watch television and live of the royalties of an old song of his father.
Some observations:
1) Hugh Grant moves away from his appalling basin cut and bumbling characters that he played in several 1990s films and indeed it is left to his young co-star Marcus Brewer (Nicholas Hoult) to sport an embarrassing hairstyle. Whilst at first charming, Grant's characters had become tiresome in my opinion.
2) I felt uneasy at some scenes where Fiona Brewer's (Toni Collette) mental health issues were joked about.
I am sure it was the intention of the film makers to do this. Perhaps it's just an observation I have.
Freeman enlists in a single parents support group to get potential 'dates'.
One such single mother he meets at the group, Suzie has a troubled best friend Fiona Brewer. Whilst not particularly finding her attractive physically or mentally stimulating. She does have mental issues leading to a suicide bid.
She also has a young teenage son Marcus who unwittingly befriends Will who shows him an alternative to his mollycoddled life with his caring (but troubled) overprotective mother.
Bachelor Will who does nothing now is doing something. Being a father figure. Even protecting Marcus from bullies and helping him overcome career suicide on the stage at the school drama performance singing an embarrassing song.
The film is an adaptation of a book by Nick Hornby.
Hugh Grant plays London singleton Will Freeman who has some rather frank observations about his bachelor lifestyle where he quite literally does nothing except watch television and live of the royalties of an old song of his father.
Some observations:
1) Hugh Grant moves away from his appalling basin cut and bumbling characters that he played in several 1990s films and indeed it is left to his young co-star Marcus Brewer (Nicholas Hoult) to sport an embarrassing hairstyle. Whilst at first charming, Grant's characters had become tiresome in my opinion.
2) I felt uneasy at some scenes where Fiona Brewer's (Toni Collette) mental health issues were joked about.
I am sure it was the intention of the film makers to do this. Perhaps it's just an observation I have.
Freeman enlists in a single parents support group to get potential 'dates'.
One such single mother he meets at the group, Suzie has a troubled best friend Fiona Brewer. Whilst not particularly finding her attractive physically or mentally stimulating. She does have mental issues leading to a suicide bid.
She also has a young teenage son Marcus who unwittingly befriends Will who shows him an alternative to his mollycoddled life with his caring (but troubled) overprotective mother.
Bachelor Will who does nothing now is doing something. Being a father figure. Even protecting Marcus from bullies and helping him overcome career suicide on the stage at the school drama performance singing an embarrassing song.