The film About a Boy was directed by Paul and Chris Weitz based on the novel by Nick Hornby. The film is about how a young boy named Marcus must take care of himself without the help of his very depressed mother. Marcus then meets Will, a grown man who has no responsibilities and all he wants to do is sleep with women. Throughout the film, Marcus helps Will by becoming his friends and Will makes Marcus more of a kid his age who should behave. This is why Marcus is the teacher-god in the movie About a Boy, because he straddles two worlds, sacrifices himself, and gives Will lessons on how to use his gift. One of the reasons why Marcus is the god-professor is that he straddles two worlds. worlds. Marcus straddles between his mother's world or his normal world and Will's world. He straddles these two worlds because in the movie, after school, he visited Will at his house and started doing what he would do at that time of day. Then Marcus would go home and continue his daily life until he returned to Will's the next day. ...