"About a Boy," beautifully written and directed and packed with excellent performances, has the potential to become one of the comedy hits of the summer. Brothers Paul and Chris Weitz (whose back catalog includes "American Pie") make a remarkably easy trans-Atlantic shift in adapting and directing a film that is very British in tone and locale. Of course, Nick Hornby's original book, an international best seller, explores how screwed up men become when it comes to love, a universal theme if ever there was one.

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