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Stuart's been grounded and forced to quit the soccer team. Hoping to get his strict mom off his case, Stuart decides to find her a boyfriend. This domestic comedy plays like a sitcom, but the characters are convincing and the relationship between the protagonist and his best friend, a more physically and emotionally mature girl named Mack, is rendered with credible preadolescent angst.