16-year-old Jamie loves cooking, is overweight rather than athletic, and physically self-conscious. He is going on a weekend camping trip with his older brother Will, and his favorite cousin Allie, but is bummed when he learns that Allie's new boyfriend Dan is coming along, cutting into his alone time with her.
However, Dan is kind to Jamie. They bond over cooking, and when they pair up in a word guessing game, with Dan names their team the "Big Boys". While Will is chasing after a girl from another campsite, and trying to get Jamie to lose his virginity with her sister, Jamie is not interested, and has fantasy dreams of being older and meeting Dan in the shower room.
Next day, the quartet goes on a hike in the woods While Allie and Will decide to take a shortcut back to camp, Jamie insists of following Dan on a longer route, where Jamie (a) gets a spontaneous erection, and (b) falls and scrapes his knee, upon which Dan uses his T-shirt as a bandage.
This is an interesting version of a coming-of-age story, of realizing to yourself who you are. The one problem in the story is that Jamie has been the laggard on the hike, and so it would not seem probable that Dan would take him on the longer route.
However, Dan is kind to Jamie. They bond over cooking, and when they pair up in a word guessing game, with Dan names their team the "Big Boys". While Will is chasing after a girl from another campsite, and trying to get Jamie to lose his virginity with her sister, Jamie is not interested, and has fantasy dreams of being older and meeting Dan in the shower room.
Next day, the quartet goes on a hike in the woods While Allie and Will decide to take a shortcut back to camp, Jamie insists of following Dan on a longer route, where Jamie (a) gets a spontaneous erection, and (b) falls and scrapes his knee, upon which Dan uses his T-shirt as a bandage.
This is an interesting version of a coming-of-age story, of realizing to yourself who you are. The one problem in the story is that Jamie has been the laggard on the hike, and so it would not seem probable that Dan would take him on the longer route.