Hilary Duff stars in this comedy as Holly a teenager whose lovelorn single mum (Heather Locklear) moves the family including her youngest daughter (Aria Wallace) to a new state every time she gets dumped which is often Their latest residence turns out to be Brooklyn where the now thoroughly destabilised Holly decides that enough is enough & works to prevent mum from dating yet another local loser She uses a friend&s handsome uncle (Chris Noth) as the unwitting basis for a fictional secret admirer to keep mum occupied but the deception quickly spins out of control resulting in some madcap hijinx Meanwhile a classmate who is a comic book artist (Ben Feldman) falls for Holly but she&s way too edgy to notice that love has found her instead of her mum This whimsical plotline may sound familiar to any non-tweener in the audience but it works due to the relaxed natural rapport between Duff & Locklear who share some heartfelt moments of mother-daughter bonding Plus no one can squirm in tortured embarrassment quite as effectively as Duff can & she gets plenty of opportunities The soundtrack is peppered with Styx songs (singer Dennis De Young plays an impersonator of himself) & Vanessa Lengies quietly stands out with plenty of natural grace as Holly&s hipster high school buddy