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- NBC
- Feb 22, 2014
- NBC
- Feb 22, 2014
- NBC
- Feb 22, 2014
- NBC
- Feb 22, 2014
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 29 Critic Reviews
67
66% Positive
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
31% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 29 Critic Reviews
67
66% Positive
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
31% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
There's so much here to build on, from the strong performances to the chemistry between the stars to the sweet central story of two people helping each other mature.
Walton and Stockham are a seamless comedy team straight out of the gate. Their banter is more salty and cynical than sappy, but that’s how it gets to you.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 68 User Ratings
7.6
78% Positive
53 Ratings
53 Ratings
15% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
7% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 68 User Ratings
7.6
78% Positive
53 Ratings
53 Ratings
15% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
7% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
Happy to read that this show is being renewed for the Fall 2014 line up. The cast is awesome!! Stories are funny, heartwarming, and clever. I look forward to the show's return!!
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SEASON 1
The show is funny, warm and bloody irresistible because of the care taken with creating characters who are multidimensional, vulnerable and credible.
It’s sweet but not syrupy. The pilot is so beautifully written and acted that it’s difficult to offer any kind of resistance, flaws and all.
Walton’s Will is more jovial and goofy, a ladies’ man with at least one good and honest friend his own age in Andy. He’s also the primary reason to give NBC’s About a Boy any sort of chance to develop its formula.
About a Boy yearns to be good. Yet it relishes being bad. And Katims--guiding hand to "Parenthood" and "Friday Night Lights"--doesn't fess up to that dichotomy.
Once you strip down the predictable jokes (Will teaching Marcus about “the bro code of silence”; letting Marcus eat forbidden barbecue ribs), you’re left with a banal arrangement of gender and social stereotypes.
Feel-good show reminiscent of "Calvin and Hobbes" among other "buddy stories." The pilot was well-done, and the show has a lot of potential to grow into something even better.
"About A Boy," as well as "Growing Up Fisher" are two of the new shows on NBC worth getting excited about!
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SEASON 1
Great pilot, Walton is no Hugh Grant but he is more then adequate and Minnie Driver lights up the screen. Only problem I can see is that the pilot was a synopsis of the movie, can the second episode build on that? Are the writers up to the task? Warm funny not too mushy, so far so good.
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SEASON 1
The pilot was great but by episode 10 of Season 1 the age appropriateness of Will 34 and 12 Marcus bein BFFs is now border-line boring ... and not to mention getting creepy.
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SEASON 1
I really loved the movie. The Fiona character in the movie is annoying at first but slowly becomes open to the idea of her son benefitting from a friendship with Will. Unfortunately the TV show isn't hitting that mark. I've liked Minnie Driver in almost everything I've seen her in but in this she is UNBEARABLE! She's a snarky hypocrite, sitting on her high horse judging Will at every turn while preaching peace, love and understanding. He could have easily closed himself off to the lonely, suffocated Marcus but he doesn't. He continuously tries to help the kid from becoming a social pariah at school and the only thanks he ever gets is Fiona telling him to stay away from her son. She also goes so far as to tell OTHERS how horrible a person Will is. YES, he's an immature man-child. But he didn't initiate the relationship with Marcus. He tried everything to avoid it. So instead of thanking him for being kind, she stabs Will in the back whenever she gets the chance. (When she's not taking advantage of the free childcare, that is.) The only thing that might save this show is the relationship between Will and Marcus. The two actors have great chemistry. Hugh Grant is a hard act to follow, and David Walton makes a pretty great effort. And Benjamin Stockham is just a delight to watch no matter what he's in. If they tone down Minnie Driver’s character and make her a little more neighborly and a little less condescending, I might start watching it.
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