A Sad and Beautiful World vs About a Boy
A Sad and Beautiful World has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.7/10 for About a Boy). About a Boy is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 1h 50m. About a Boy is the older of the two (2002 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Sad and Beautiful World
About a Boy| A Sad and Beautiful World | About a Boy | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2002 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | Lebanon | – |
| Director | Cyril Aris | Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz |
| Main cast | Camille Salameh, Julia Kassar, Mounia Akl, Hasan Akil, Tino Karam | Augustus Prew, Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult |
Synopsis
A Sad and Beautiful World
In this sweeping love story that spans three decades of passion, heartbreak, and hope, Nino and Yasmina find themselves drawn together by a magnetic relationship. As they face an impossible choice between love and survival, they must decide if they want to build a family and chart a path to happiness in Lebanon, despite the tragedies ravaging the country.
About a Boy
Will Freeman is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is avoiding any kind of responsibility. But when he invents an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms, Will gets a hilarious lesson about life from a bright, but hopelessly geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will struggles to teach Marcus the art of being cool, Marcus teaches Will that you're never too old to grow up.
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