The film centers around Mavis, a 37-year old writer of young adult novels. They were highly successful, but the plug has been pulled on the series, so she's working on the last book. Problem is, she's having a kind of writer's block concerning serious content, so at the moment she's only writing crappy story lines. She receives a birth notification of the baby of her former high school sweetheart; but as far as she's concerned, they still belong together, so she rushes off to her former hometown, a place in the middle of nowhere. Of course, things go out of hand (amongst other things, her former sweetheart doesn't want her back, which she continues to deny). But the most disturbing part is, she doesn't change during the story. At the end she is the same bitch she was at the beginning, therefore it is hard, if not impossible, to sympathize with the protagonist.
Reviews
2 Reviews
Single by Contract
(2010)
refreshing German teen movie
21 June 2012
Lila returns to Germany after a year in America, so she doesn't know that the cool boy she encounters on her first day back, is the lead singer of a popular band.Of course there are numerous bumps in the road for their relationship:the press,her classmates.The male lead actually does all the singing himself,and they even have a duet during the end credits. The story is entertaining, as good as most American teen movies, although it's a little more explicit in language being a European movie.I found this refreshing, most American teen movies are a little tame. The music is A-okay, the DVD has an English subtitle track, so all of you: import it to the States!Both lead actors are now big names in Germany and this movie was a huge hit. There are almost no faults in this movie (in my opinion anyway) so therefore it gets 9 out of 10.
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