Paulie Passero, underachiever, high school junior, wants the courage to talk to a girl.
Guinevere Thompson lives just down the ro.
Unprepared for Smalltown USA, Paulie is bored at first but notices a girl in the back of a passing pickup and is immediately enamored.
Why must they go? Paulie\'s dying grandmother disowned her son twenty years ago, and fences must be mended.
A road trip from Chicago to rural Pennsylvania doesn\'t interest him until his father emphasizes the need for a second driver.
Paulie Passero, underachiever, high school junior, wants the courage to talk to a girl