Summary: „About a boy“
Marcus and his mother Fiona has moved to
London. The kids in his new school treat Marcus like he was a freak and
everyone, except from his mum and her friend Suzie, consider him weird. Marcus
has a terrible time at home, where he has to look after his depressive mum,
outside school, where older kids follow him, bully him and steal his things. And
of course in school, where the children and the teachers make fun of him.
The same time in another part of London, Will Freeman has just broken up with a
single mum, and is now wondering how to get in contact with new sexy single
mothers. He gets an idea, which includes pretending he has a son called Ned, so
he can join SPAT (Single Parents - Alone Together) and hopefully meet single
mums.
On the SPAT-meeting, he meets a nice woman called Suzie, and she invites him
to go on a picnic in the park with her the following Saturday. Will accepts the
invitation, and spends the next week buying baby seats for his car and learning
things about babies.
The same week Fiona tells Marcus that he’s going on a picnic with her friend
Suzie. He doesn’t want to, but his mother forces him to go.
On the following Saturday Marcus and Will meets. Will thinks that Marcus is
weird and annoying and Marcus thinks that Will is a good-for-nothing. Marcus
and Will don’t like each other at the beginning but when Marcus accidentally
kills a duck with a piece of bread, Will helps Marcus out of this misery, and a
strange relationship begins.
Later the same day when they bring Marcus home, they find his mother Fiona
sprawled unconscious on the sofa, attempted suicide. This is a shock for
Marcus. It makes him angry, and makes his life become even worse. Now he’ll
have to look after her even more because if she succeeds the next time, he will
be all alone.
Marcus starts to pry around, and finds out that Will doesn’t have any son
called Ned, which he later tells Suzie and Fiona and they start to dislike Will
a lot.
Marcus comes up with the idea that if Fiona had a boyfriend, they would be a
total of three people, and if one of them disappeared, he would have at least
one person left. Marcus tries to match up Fiona and Will, which doesn’t work at
all.
Marcus starts to visit Will after school, even though neither Will nor Fiona
wants him there, but gradually their relationship starts to grow, against Wills
will. Marcus sees Will as his stepfather, and after a while Will realizes that
he actually likes and cares about this strange, lonely kid.
During the next half year Will teaches Marcus how to be a boy, and what clothes
and sneakers he should wear and Marcus learns Will how to be an adult. Will
becomes Marcus’s best friend and even though he doesn’t recognize it, he does
the right thing for Marcus on and on. Both Marcus and Will goes through drastic
personality-changes. Marcus gets his first real friend named Ellie, who he
meets in the corridor outside the principal’s office.
Ellie is a rebellious teenager who listens to grunge and quarrels with
everybody. With her as a friend nobody bullies Marcus anymore, because they are
afraid of Ellie. Marcus becomes much more self-confident, and say what he
thinks to his teachers and his mother when it’s really necessary.
Will does also change, and on New Year’s Eve he breaks one of his own basic
rules, not to fall in love. On a party he meets the lovely single mother
Rachel, which he gets really interested in. She thinks that Marcus is his son,
and he doesn’t do anything to change her belief, because it makes him more
interesting for her. Will uses Marcus to win her heart, and soon they come
together.
In the end Marcus and Ellie are going on a trip to Marcus’s father Clive in
Cambridge to tell him their opinion, because he doesn’t care about Marcus
enough. The whole trip ends up in a disaster. Ellie gets drunk as she was sad
because her beloved Kurt Cobain has committed suicide. She jumps of the train
on the wrong station and smashes the window to a supermarket because they have
a picture of Cobain in the shop window and she thinks that it’s because they
want to make money by his death, which was a misunderstanding.
Summary: „About a boy“
Marcus and his mother Fiona has moved to
London. The kids in his new school treat Marcus like he was a freak and
everyone, except from his mum and her friend Suzie, consider him weird. Marcus
has a terrible time at home, where he has to look after his depressive mum,
outside school, where older kids follow him, bully him and steal his things. And
of course in school, where the children and the teachers make fun of him.
The same time in another part of London, Will Freeman has just broken up with a
single mum, and is now wondering how to get in contact with new sexy single
mothers. He gets an idea, which includes pretending he has a son called Ned, so
he can join SPAT (Single Parents - Alone Together) and hopefully meet single
mums.
On the SPAT-meeting, he meets a nice woman called Suzie, and she invites him
to go on a picnic in the park with her the following Saturday. Will accepts the
invitation, and spends the next week buying baby seats for his car and learning
things about babies.
The same week Fiona tells Marcus that he’s going on a picnic with her friend
Suzie. He doesn’t want to, but his mother forces him to go.
On the following Saturday Marcus and Will meets. Will thinks that Marcus is
weird and annoying and Marcus thinks that Will is a good-for-nothing. Marcus
and Will don’t like each other at the beginning but when Marcus accidentally
kills a duck with a piece of bread, Will helps Marcus out of this misery, and a
strange relationship begins.
Later the same day when they bring Marcus home, they find his mother Fiona
sprawled unconscious on the sofa, attempted suicide. This is a shock for
Marcus. It makes him angry, and makes his life become even worse. Now he’ll
have to look after her even more because if she succeeds the next time, he will
be all alone.
Marcus starts to pry around, and finds out that Will doesn’t have any son
called Ned, which he later tells Suzie and Fiona and they start to dislike Will
a lot.
Marcus comes up with the idea that if Fiona had a boyfriend, they would be a
total of three people, and if one of them disappeared, he would have at least
one person left. Marcus tries to match up Fiona and Will, which doesn’t work at
all.
Marcus starts to visit Will after school, even though neither Will nor Fiona
wants him there, but gradually their relationship starts to grow, against Wills
will. Marcus sees Will as his stepfather, and after a while Will realizes that
he actually likes and cares about this strange, lonely kid.
During the next half year Will teaches Marcus how to be a boy, and what clothes
and sneakers he should wear and Marcus learns Will how to be an adult. Will
becomes Marcus’s best friend and even though he doesn’t recognize it, he does
the right thing for Marcus on and on. Both Marcus and Will goes through drastic
personality-changes. Marcus gets his first real friend named Ellie, who he
meets in the corridor outside the principal’s office.
Ellie is a rebellious teenager who listens to grunge and quarrels with
everybody. With her as a friend nobody bullies Marcus anymore, because they are
afraid of Ellie. Marcus becomes much more self-confident, and say what he
thinks to his teachers and his mother when it’s really necessary.
Will does also change, and on New Year’s Eve he breaks one of his own basic
rules, not to fall in love. On a party he meets the lovely single mother
Rachel, which he gets really interested in. She thinks that Marcus is his son,
and he doesn’t do anything to change her belief, because it makes him more
interesting for her. Will uses Marcus to win her heart, and soon they come
together.
In the end Marcus and Ellie are going on a trip to Marcus’s father Clive in
Cambridge to tell him their opinion, because he doesn’t care about Marcus
enough. The whole trip ends up in a disaster. Ellie gets drunk as she was sad
because her beloved Kurt Cobain has committed suicide. She jumps of the train
on the wrong station and smashes the window to a supermarket because they have
a picture of Cobain in the shop window and she thinks that it’s because they
want to make money by his death, which was a misunderstanding.