MOVIES SHARING: About a boy (2002)

Will (Hugh Grant) is living a single man in an island, an isolated and solitary man. Thanks to his deceased father’s royalty who composed a Christmas song that enough to support Will rest of his life. He spends daily time for watching TV, smoking, drinking, eating meal, playing pool and sleep. He never gets a stable job or either a firm relationship, as he doesn’t wants to commit anything. In order words, he just wasted his time for living 38 years with nothing!

On the other hand, a cute 12 years old boy called Marcus, who was a freak in school. Marcus is a highly self-professed boy, that’s why he has becomes the target for bullying. In addition, Marcus was born in a single-parent family with a depressed mother who even tries to kill herself. But, this factor never caused Marcus into grief. Optimistically, he tries to do everything best to make his mother happy, so that his mother never commits suicide again. Marcus is an extraordinary kid, who do thing brilliantly and uniquely, by compared with those ordinary kids.

Later on, through a special circumstance has connected these two different roles come together. Actually two of them are freaks, just in different contexts. Will’s single man island has opened the door for Marcus to walk in, who has changes the way of Will viewing his life. Unconsciously, Will becomes more honest to himself (in past he lies a lot), self-disclosure as facing with people, and self-exposure to mingle more people until he has meets his soul-mate. Marcus has influences and tremendously changes Will’s life in 180 degree.

Will never feels lonely anymore who watching movie for the long whole night and drinking makes himself drunk for every past Christmas Eve. Instead, now, Will is having a warm and blissful Christmas celebration with Marcus family and his new partner’s family.   

   

I always believe that kid possesses the most purest and honest heart that can actually influence our perspective towards our life. Try to talk more with kid, you may learn something from them, or how simple and optimistic they perceive the world, not as complex as what we expect.