Love That Boy

Love That Boy is a 2003 Canadian film and romantic comedy directed by Andrea Dorfman and starring Nadia Litz and Adrien Dixon. It is about a woman in love with a younger teenage boy. In French the film is called J'aime ce garçon. Plot Phoebe (Nadia Litz) is a perky university student who has difficulty relating to her fellow students. Her only friend is her roommate Robin (Nikki Barnett) who she smothers with advice. Eventually, Robin cracks under the pressure of being Phoebe's only friend and leaves on a plane with a stranger she just met. She informs Phoebe that she is too uptight and immature, casually mentioning that she's never even had a boyfriend. Embarrassed by her own immaturity, Phoebe tries to go on a date. After it goes sour, she ends up talking to Frazer, her 14-year-old neighbour who mows her lawn. As time passes, Phoebe grows close to Frazer, as he enjoys listening to her advice and looks up to and respects her while also teaching her to have fun and relax. However, their friendship begins to strain when Robin returns and notices that Phoebe is spending lots of time with Frazer and has crossed getting a boyfriend off her task list. Meanwhile, Suzanna (Elliot Page), Frazer's neighbour, grows jealous of all the time he is spending with Phoebe and tells him that Phoebe will want to have sex with him in an effort to scare him. Instead, Frazer buys condoms and later attempts to kiss Phoebe. Disturbed, Phoebe brushes him off and pushes him away. On her way to graduation, Frazer approaches Phoebe to talk. She ends up kissing him in front of Robin and her friends, but the two realize the age difference between them is too large for anything romantic to happen. Instead, they go to Phoebe's graduation ceremony as friends.