About a Boy
From A Tripp Through Comedy by Tripp Burton and Ross Bratin
April 9, 2026 · 1h 15m · Season 4 · Episode 15
About this episode
The episode discusses the film 'About A Boy' and various related topics including actors and pop culture references.
Our exit today has us missing our totally real son Ned. This week, we are talking about About A Boy, written by Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz and directed by Chris and Paul Weitz. Along the way, in addition to lots of Hugh Grant and Nick Hornby talk, we discuss Jimmy Fallon, Whipped , Italian romances, pancakes, Jodie Foster, Nirvana, movie soundtracks, Toni Collette, Nicholas Hoult, and a lot of surprising Star Wars talk. Theme music by Jonworthymusic. Powered by RiversideFM. CFF Films with Ross and friends. Movies We've Covered on the Show on Letterboxd. Movies Recommended on the Show on Letterboxd.
People in this episode
Hosts: Tripp Burton, Ross Bratin
Topics covered
- film analysis
- comedy
- movie discussion
- About A Boy
- Hugh Grant
- pop culture
- soundtracks
Keywords
- About A Boy
- Hugh Grant
- Nick Hornby
- movie soundtracks
- comedy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: RiversideFM, CFF Films
Books & works: About A Boy, Whipped, Nirvana, movie soundtracks
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