威尔是一个伦敦的有钱人，终日吃喝玩乐，游戏情场。然而，他内心却有着空虚和孤独。为了能够认识更多的女人，他想到了单亲家长会。马克斯的母亲也是家长会里的成员，马克斯常常受人欺负，身处劣境的他寄希望于威尔，把威尔当作可依赖的对象。慢慢的，两颗孤独的心开始找到依靠，威尔和小男孩之间的友谊渐渐升温。

今天又重看了about a boy.

两年前就想看，去年第一遍看，非常喜欢。今天因为首页又看到单身男子的影评，《是你吗，言笑晏晏的断肠人》的影评，于是又翻出来重看，还是喜欢。

说来奇怪，休格兰特的电影，林林总总，都非常戳中我。莫里斯，四个婚礼一个葬礼，即便肤浅大众如bi单身日记，对我来说也是足够合格的放松电影。比起那些超级英雄，这种现实生活的小喜剧更加深得我心。

但是， about a boy又是不同的。莫里斯中，休格兰特诚然英俊潇洒帅气，言语无法表达其万一，但是有James Wilby在侧，反倒衬得休格兰特略显油画以及脂粉气；bj单身日记中也是因为有科林费斯有同样的问题。四个婚礼一个葬礼中倒是很清爽，算是我最喜欢的气质，about a boy中的气质与四个婚礼一个葬礼略有类似，但可能因为年纪渐长，还有发型清爽，衣服多是简洁干净的防水衣、外头的缘故，多了一点都市男子的干净味道。

about a boy的主人公独白写的是真的好。

休格兰特的开头：All men are islands, and now it's the time to be one.This is an island age. And I like to think that perhaps I'm that kind of island.The sad fact is, like any island dweller, from time to time, I had to visit the main island.

From the boy: There were people there who had a good time in life.I was begining to realize I wasn't one of them. I just didn't fit.这一段是多少小孩的内心独白，甚至对于大多数成年人来说也非常make sense.

朋友问休格兰特真的不打算结婚生小孩吗，他静静地抽一口烟，对这种问题感到莫名其妙。

Marcus 去will家里to run away from his own home, 他们一起看电视，休格兰特肆无忌惮地在小朋友面前抽烟。说实话现在电影里抽烟的场景比老电影里少了很多，也就缺少了很多可以表达的东西。

最后选的歌实在也是妙，killing me softly with his song. 不知道导演为什么会选这首歌，但是这首歌我可以单曲循环无数遍不腻味，现在写这些文字的时候就在循环，情不自禁的跟唱。

Strumming my pain with his fingers, 他用指尖拨动我心苦楚 Singing my life with his words, 他用词曲吟唱我的一生

Killing me softly with his song, 他用歌声将我温柔处死 Telling my whole life with his words, 他用言语道尽我的一生 Killing me softly with his song. 他用歌声将我温柔处死

I heard he sang a good song, 我听到他吟唱佳曲 I heard he had a style, 我听到他风格迥异 And so I came to see him and listen for a while. 我前去一睹其容 And there he was this young boy, 目中只见翩翩少年 A stranger to my eyes, 如此陌生 Strumming my pain with his fingers, 他用指尖拨动我心苦楚 Singing my life with his words, 他用词曲吟唱我的一生 Killing me softly with his song, 他用歌声将我温柔处死 Telling my whole life with his words, 他用言语道尽我的一生 Killing me softly with his song. 他用歌声将我温柔处死

I felt all flushed with fever, 我脸颊潮红 Embarrassed by the crowd, 羞怯于众 I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud. 我听到他大声读出我信中的每字每句 I prayed that he would finish, 我祈祷这一幕尽快结束 But he just kept right on 但他仍在继续 Strumming my pain with his fingers, 他用指尖拨动我心苦楚 Singing my life with his words, 他用词曲吟唱我的一生 Killing me softly with his song, 他用歌声将我温柔处死 Telling my whole life with his words, 他用言语道尽我的一生 Killing me softly with his song 他用歌声将我温柔处死

He sang sa if he knew me , 他歌唱仿佛知晓 In all my dark despair 我那无尽的绝望 And then he looked right through me , 他洞悉 As if l wasn't there 仿佛我不在场 And he just keep on saying , 他兀自吟唱 Sining clear and strong 清晰而响亮 Strumming my pain with his fingers, 他用指尖拨动我心苦楚 Singing my life with his words, 他用词曲吟唱我的一生 Killing me softly with his song, 他用歌声将我温柔处死 Telling my whole life with his words, 他用言语道尽我的一生 Killing me softly with his song. 他用歌声将我温柔处死

最后的最后，到底是all men are islands, or no man is an island. 人在不同阶段想法大概会不断变化，截至目前，我还是stick to all men are islands.