May 31, 2002
About Boys, Not About Women
When the latest installment of the Star Wars juggernaut touched down in theaters everywhere, Universal was the only major studio bold enough to open a film -- the Hugh Grant vehicle About a Boy -- on the same weekend. It was a safe bet. Not everyone is devoted to a series that has become increasingly baroque in its production design and self-referentiality, and increasingly leaden in its dialogue and acting. The executives at Universal naturally assumed that female viewers in particular would
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