About a Boy vs Love, Simon
Love, Simon 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 2018). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
About a Boy
Love, Simon| About a Boy | Love, Simon | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 41m | 1h 50m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz | Greg Berlanti |
| Main cast | Augustus Prew, Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult | Miles Heizer, Drew Starkey, Tony Hale, Natasha Rothwell, Josh Duhamel |
Synopsis
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.
Love, Simon
Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online.
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