Christopher Wilde is a wildly famous 17-year-old pop star who is equal parts charm and talent.
Throngs of fans attend his concerts and paparazzi chase him wherever he goes. The teen heartthrob
has captivated the heart of every girl in the country. Well, almost every girl.
There still is one person who is immune to the charms and good looks of this Greek god
of the teen world— Jessica Olsen. Unlike her elder sister Sarah, Jessica has no interest
in Christopher Wilde or his insanely good looks. She would rather read a book than fangirl
over a boy on TV, while her sister Sarah claims to be his biggest fan. The girls are visiting
their grandparents in Los Angeles for the summer and Sarah has big plans to meet Christopher
Wilde. Christopher arrives at the club with his best
friend, Stubby, where they run into Christopher’s girlfriend— Alexis Bender. Alexis is a big
star like Christopher, but unlike him, she loves attention and the paparazzi. She reminds
Christopher about her birthday party the next day which he totally forgot about, and he
promises to be there for her. Meanwhile, the paparazzi crowd them, and this makes Christopher
mad and annoyed as he tries to keep them back. The next day at school, Sarah and her friend
make fun of Jessica for coming to the school dance just to cover for the school paper.
Then the two obsessively fangirl over Christopher which Jessica cannot relate to. She finds
out that Sarah plans to go meet Christopher when she is in Los Angeles, and has mapped
out his every move in a scrapbook for the past 18 months.
Both of Christopher’s parents are his managers. They fuss over Christopher being late to a
very important meeting but he makes it just in time. The three sit with a big movie producer
named Alan who really thinks Christopher’s a talented kid and wants to cast him in his
next movie. The only problem is that his people do not agree with him, because they think
Christopher is a spoiled bratty popstar, who has a knack for tangling with the paparazzi.
Keeping in mind that the tabloid has a gift for manipulating things. Alan only wants Christopher
to sit still and stay out of the papers until his big meeting on Monday. He asks the boy
to stay away from the cameras for two days and they’ll be golden.
Jessica and Sarah arrive at their grandmother’s house and later that night, Sarah finds out
about Christopher’s performance at Alexis’s birthday party. She paces around her room,
freaking out as she figures out a way to get out of the house. She then convinces Jessica
to come along so that their parents don’t object. Jessica tries to argue her way out
of it, saying that she has no interest in meeting the guy, but when Sarah promises to
stop talking about him obsessively if Jessica agrees to come along, she has no choice but
to agree to her sister’s plan. Jessica and Sarah arrive at the club, and
Sarah leaves Jessica to take care of the car while she’s gone. Christopher, who is not
supposed to be seen in public, has to sneak into the club to keep his promise to Alexis.
Stubby helps Christopher get in through the back after having successfully fooled the
paparazzi, and he then gives a perfect performance at the party. And though Sarah is inside the
club, she misses Christopher by just an inch, as he rushes out the back after the performance.
Meanwhile, Jessica, bored of waiting in the car for Sarah to come out, decides to get
into the club using the backdoor to find her. But just as she reaches for the door, Christopher
opens it and Jessica gets hit on the head. Christopher immediately apologizes to the
girl who snaps at him for being so careless. She finally realizes just who he is, but that
does not work in Christopher’s favor because she couldn't care less about him. He worries
about being spotted by a pap, and despite Jessica’s protests, he insists that she
come with him and they get into the car that Stubby has waiting for him.
Christopher takes Jessica straight to the hospital where his brother-in-law, who is
a doctor, examines her and gives her the green light. Christopher gets a call from his mother,
asking him to get home to an impromptu party for Alan. This makes Christopher panic, and
more bad news follows when his brother-in-law informs him about the paparazzi out front.
Christopher gets the man to trade cars with him, giving his expensive car up in exchange
for a barely functional vehicle, in which he then drives a very grumpy Jessica away.
Jessica is at her wit's end with Christopher and just wants to get home, but he has to
make a pit stop at the party first. He sneaks the girl into his house and tries to hide
her before the cameras catch a glimpse of her, causing another scandal to land in his
lap. He asks her to stay put in the guest room while he plays the nice host.
At the party, Christopher effortlessly manages to charm everyone as usual and even sings
a song when requested by Alan’s daughters. Jessica watches him from the balcony and,
despite herself, is impressed by his talent. Soon after, Christopher finds her in his garage
and Jessica insists that he drop her home now. He asks her to choose a car and he will
take her right away. Jessica is not impressed by Christopher’s charm at all, but she picks
a car and they get on the road, unaware that they’re being followed.
On the drive over, when Christopher starts jamming to his song on the radio, Jessica
mocks him for being pretentious. Though she likes his music, she is not really a crazy
fan of his, and this information bums Christopher a little. He argues that if she knew him better,
she would probably like him. They soon arrive at her grandmother’s address, accidentally
ditching the paparazzi tailing them. Jessica grumpily gets out of the car, without listening
to Christopher’s earnest apology. When Christopher spots the van tailing him,
he has no option but to hide. He knocks on Jessica’s door for help and she is simply
exhausted to see him there. She asks him to go away and has absolutely no interest in
helping him. Christopher remains persistent and offers to pay her 5000 dollars if she
just lets him hide for the night. Jessica finds that hard to pass up and ends
up helping him push his car into the garage. She then fixes him up with a sleeping bag
for the night. She still can’t understand why he’s being so paranoid about the paparazzi.
Christopher comes across a bucket hat in the garage which he then puts on, and Jessica
fondly recalls it being her grandfather’s hat. She asks him to keep it since it looks
good on him, but the accidental compliment is followed by an immediate scowl. Christopher
tries to thank her for her help, and he smiles, which then annoys Jessica. She asks him to
stop looking at her with his trademark charming smile and innocent eyes, because while it
may work on other girls, it won’t work on her.
The next morning, Sarah is asked to fetch something from the garage when, with a jolt,
Jessica is reminded of the pop star whom she left in there last night, and she runs after
Sarah. Sarah is annoyed with her sister for leaving her alone at the club after she had
failed to meet Christopher Wilde. Jessica tries to stop her from opening the garage
door but much to her relief, Christopher’s car is no longer in the garage.
Back inside, when the girls find out about Christopher being on the news, Jessica tries
to stop Sarah from seeing it but fails at that. The newscaster gossips about Christopher
being spotted at his girlfriend’s party for a performance and this astonishes Jessica
a little bit, but not as much as the next piece of news about Christopher appearing
at his mansion with a mystery girl on his arm. Jessica instantly turns the TV off, calling
the news nothing but slander, and Sarah starts fighting her for the remote.
To stop the fight, grandma suggests that the girls take her car and go to the beach. Sarah
brings them to Malibu in hopes that she can spot Christopher surfing there. Though Sarah
does not spot him, Jessica sure does. He is wearing her grandfather’s hat and trying
to stay incognito in order to keep the paparazzi from finding him, but Jessica sees right through
his facade. Christopher tells her that he can’t go home because there’s a parade
of paparazzi vehicles parked outside his house just waiting for him. But Jessica mocks his
problem, not understanding why that may be an issue for someone like him.
Christopher wracks his mind for a solution and then he gets it. He asks Jessica to give
him her car so the paparazzi will not recognize his vehicle and let him go. Jessica decides
to help him out and swaps his keys with the ones in her sister’s bag, who has absolutely
no idea about what is going on around her. But just as Jessica hands over the keys to
her grandmother’s shiny pink car to Christopher, black vans full of paparazzi arrive at the
scene and Christopher has no choice but to pull off a grand auto escape. He gets Jessica
to wear his sunglasses, to help her keep her face hidden in case they take pictures of
her, and the two escape the camera shutters of the paparazzi by a hairsbreadth.
Back on the road, Jessica and Christopher start talking and Jessica finally seems to
be liking his company. She even wants to keep his sunglasses to herself, but Christopher
is weirdly attached to them. While talking, Christopher finds out that Jessica hasn’t
explored the city much since she’s been busy chasing him with her sister, his biggest
fan, so he decides to be her tour guide. They throw caution to the wind and go exploring
the city. By the time the tour ends, Jessica has forgotten all resentment she had for the
guy and feels happy to have had such a perfect day. But that feeling does not last too long
as Christopher spots some cars tailing them. He speeds up to escape them and Jessica guides
him with the help of the map in her hands. Though in a wicked turn of events, while they
are able to escape the paparazzi, Christopher and Jessica find themselves lost in the middle
of nowhere! Christopher is quick to blame Jessica for
her bad navigating skills and she gets defensive about it. The two end up in an argument, halted
in the middle of nowhere, only to realize that the car is not moving even though Christopher
is pushing on the gas pedal. The car starts to sink in the massive quicksand and a panicked
Jessica climbs atop the roof. She gets so mad at Christopher for doing this to her grandmother’s
car and the two get into another argument over whose fault it is. They eventually find
a way to escape being sucked in, but in their attempt to cross cover, the two fall right
into the muddy waters. Jessica angrily fishes her bag out of the
water and storms off. Meanwhile, Christopher’s parents try to reach him but the bad network
won’t allow it. The keys in Sarah’s bag lead him straight to Christopher’s car and
she almost thinks she is being pranked on TV.
On their walk back, Jessica is evidently pissed off and even when Christopher worries about
her, she rudely dismisses his concerns. All she wants is to get home and suffer the consequences
of her actions. Christopher finally snaps at her, calling her grumpy. All he wants is
to have fun and for the first time in a really long time, he is at a place where he does
not have to worry about the cameras or interviews or big crowds and he won’t let Jessica ruin
this for him. Jessica calls him out for being a brat who
throws a tantrum and walks away when he does not get his way. But unlike his friends, she
will not chase after him. This triggers another argument between the two and ends with Jessica
claiming that she would never want to be his friend. This confuses Christopher because
he has never had someone who hasn’t liked him. He considers himself to be very likable,
but Jessica’s constant rejection is giving him whiplash.
Jessica gives him a reality check by listing out the extravagant ways in which his life
is not even real. People only like him because he is a superstar, not because they know the
real him. Christopher tries to get her to listen to him, trying to tell her how he has
felt the past two days, when he suddenly falls into a lake, scaring Jessica. He then pulls
her with him and the two forget all about their previous argument and have fun splashing
water at each other. A while later, they dry themselves under the
shade. Christopher wishes he could just stay here where no one could find him. Everyone
just wants something from him, even his parents, who can’t stop talking about the movie deal.
Though Christopher does not seem to resent them for it, he has just accepted his life.
The movie deal along with his widely popularized world tour seems like a lot to Jessica, but
Christopher does not think he has a choice. He does not want to disappoint the fans and
so he can’t choose between one option. Jessica finally realizes just how much she
does not get about his life. It is so different and grand from her everyday regular life.
Christopher expresses how much he enjoys being around her in the present moment without the
intrusion of his fame. He likes himself much better this way and Jessica agrees. They talk
some more, and Jessica can’t help but feel a little something for Christopher when she
looks at him, especially when he flashes her his patent Christopher Wilde smile.
Meanwhile, Sarah arrives at Christopher’s home looking for him, where she runs into
his friend, Stubby. Christopher and Jessica finally make their
way back to the beach. Now that it’s time to part ways, Christopher feels a little emotional.
He had a great time on his adventure with Jessica, and thinks that she is someone who
is so different from the other girls in a very surprising way. They lean into each other
to kiss, when suddenly, Christopher is scared off by some surfers who might recognize him.
But he manages to escape their eyes. Now that it’s time to get back to the real
world, Christopher tells Jessica that she can’t tell anyone about their short adventure
together, not even her parents, because if things get out of hand, the media could get
involved and he might even lose the movie. Jessica does not understand why that is, when
he reminds her that he is a superstar and she’s just an ordinary girl.
His words hurt Jessica. She can’t believe just how fast his feelings changed for her.
Had it been Alexis instead of her, Christopher would not have been so scared of having their
pictures taken. She tries to leave when Christopher asks her to leave him the camera, from which
they took all the pictures of their tour together. This upsets Jessica even more and she throws
the camera at him, but then remembers she has no money to get back home. She asks him
for cab fare, and Christopher gives her more money than required, as compensation for letting
him stay in her garage. He tries to make Jessica understand just how
difficult the paparazzi can be, and how once they get a whiff of this thing, they will
exploit it to the fullest and ruin everything for them. But for Jessica, Christopher has
already ruined everything. Jessica storms away to call her family from
the phone booth, meanwhile, it takes no time for Christopher to be surrounded by a crowd
of fans. Jessica dries her tears and gets out of the phone booth. Though neither of
them realize that they have been spotted by a paparazzi.
Life goes on and Christopher gets back to being a superstar. One day after a recording
session, Christopher watches a slide show of his pictures with Jessica. Stubby is aware
of Christopher’s adventures with Jessica and also of his feelings for the girl. Christopher
just can’t get Jessica out of his mind and he’s telling Stubby about her when Alexis
overhears their conversation. She confronts Christopher about it but gets over it in the
next second, when she finds out an even more famous actor is available to date. She breaks
up with Christopher and goes on her merry way. Much to his relief, Christopher is now
a free man. Sarah and Jessica’s vacation is over and
it is time to go back to Michigan. Jessica’s grandmother imparts some words of wisdom her
way, telling her that while everything might seem messy right now, life has a way of working
itself out. Jessica takes comfort in her words and leaves for home, unaware that her every
move is being tracked by a photographer. A picture of her makes its way to Alan, who
then reprimands Christopher for letting this thing get out of hand. Now there are rumors
about Jessica and Christopher and it is just too bad for his next project. He does not
think Christopher is all that serious about this movie and that they should reconsider
casting him for the part. Christopher and his parents ask for a chance to make things
right and Alan agrees to reconsider, if Christopher goes on the news and admits that he has nothing
to do with Jessica, and that she was just some fan who followed him around all day.
Christopher does not feel too good about lying but given the choice between the movie or
Jessica, he picks the movie. In his interview, Christopher does as told and very easily convinces
his fans and the media that Jessica was just an obsessive fan.
This news segment makes Jessica’s life unbearable as a crowd of paparazzi gather around her
house in Michigan. Jessica feels distraught but still refuses to share the details of
what happened with her parents. But what shatters her heart is the news segment on TV where
Christopher refuses to acknowledge her as someone he knows.
Jessica decides to speak up and not let the paparazzi ruin her life as they do the celebrities.
She steps out of her house and the wild crowd of reporters and photographers come at her
like a lion for its prey. The reporter asks her for details on her weekend
with Christopher and Jessica gives it to them straight, calling all of them out for being
the source that destroys a celebrity’s integrity, and leaves them nothing but an empty shell
of themselves. She blames them for being the reason why someone like Christopher Wilde
had to give up his freedom, his privacy, and his honesty. When asked if she knows who the
real Christopher Wilde is, Jessica can’t say that she does. She has never met the Christopher
Wilde whom everyone else seems to know so much about.
After watching Jessica’s interview, Stubby feels extremely disappointed in his friend.
So much so that he can barely recognize the person in front of him. Christopher defends
himself, saying that he had no choice but to do this, and Stubby points out that of
late he has been saying that about a lot of things. His words affect him deeply, and they
get Christopher to reflect on the choices he has made recently.
Having figured out this mistake, Christopher meets with Alan and respectfully backs out
of the movie deal. He starts making changes in his life and fires both his parents as
his managers; he tells them that he only wants to focus on music for a while and he’d like
them to just be his parents for now. When Sarah’s friend makes fun of Jessica
for having lied about meeting Christopher, it upsets Jessica but Sarah stands up for
her sister. She comforts her and gets her to go to the dance with her.
At the dance, a wonderful surprise awaits Jessica. Christopher surprises everyone by
singing at the dance and he dedicates his song to Jessica. Though his song melts Jessica’s
heart a little, it does not fix everything as Christopher had hoped. Jessica remains
mad at him, when the news reporter comes busting through the doors and points the mic at Christopher.
Christopher looks into the camera and admits that he had lied before. He knew who Jessica
Olsen was and he is crazy about her. He earnestly apologizes to her and promises to never hurt
her the way he did before. His public confession is all it takes for Jessica’s heart to melt
all the way and she forgives him. In the end, Sarah finally gets to meet Christopher
and faints out of excitement. They finally get to spend a normal day with each other
at a normal school dance, away from the glitz and glam, and the paparazzi.