5. About A Boy Chronic Irresponsibility
I was going to stick George Clooney's Up In The Air in here, because the man's so damn awesome at being utterly charming while being utterly alone. But then Vera Famiga kicked him in the balls so hard he had to re-assess his life choices, and that didn't turn out well for him. So, as one lone wolf gets downed, another rises in this case Will, from About A Boy. Created by acclaimed British novelist Nick Hornby, Will is something of a man-child. He doesn't have to work a day in his life (his father wrote a highly successful Christmas jingle), so spends his days getting his hair carefully dishevelled and getting drunk watching old movies. It sounds like a fantastic, albeit empty, life, and sure enough, Will does feel like there's something missing until a young Nicholas Hoult and his bonkers mother pop up. Eventually, he ends up with Rachel Weisz, a step-son and an adopted family, and life's pretty swell. The kicker is that Will didn't have to do much to get this, aside from let a pre-teen boy hang around at his house, chase off some bullies and embarrass himself playing guitar in front of a school. Sure, he grows up a bit and realises no man is an island, but he doesn't get a job, he continues to live off his royalties and his bachelor pad is still as bitchingly sweet as ever. If this movie teaches anything, it's that irresponsibility can indeed pay the bills, and absolutely everything falls into your lap if you've got a charming English accent.