this film be a portrait of the half spastic teenage boy benjamin who have to visit a boarding school because of his lousy mark in math . he do not make the best experience in life before and get serious self esteem issue . after a rough start at his new school and he start make friend and fall in love with a girl and do some american pieish teenage stuff . beside some comedy element and the film be tell in a very serious way and focussing on benjamin and his problem . if you already do not like this story outline and save your time and watch something else . if you do and please be aware of the following represent1 ) benjamin be a total loser . whatever he do and he do it terribly wrong and then he go for self pity all the time . for me he wasn not that kind of charm loser who you can feel sympathy for and laugh with . instead he and his behavior really annoy me and with my own teenage year not so far behind i could barely stand watch . 2 ) the film hardly try to be realistic and the story seem to be but from my experience the character just aren not ( except for janosch maybe ) . and yes and i know this film be base on an auto biography write by a 17 year old but have some experience with german school and german youth myself and i do not believe him . 3 ) show the sexual awakening really be an important thing for a film with this subject . but i doubt that teenage boy do an ejaculate on the cookie contest where everyone have to hit a cookie with his sperm during mass masturbation in the wood and the loser have to eat the sperm wet cookie afterwards . although it kinda amuse me in a contemptible way and it nor funny neither underline the serious attempt of this film . 4 ) there a sub plot about benjamin family and his father betray his wife still and i do not know why it there and where to put it . it just bore me . well and i personally hat this film for have the character of benjamin and be without a message and concept and scheme and whatever and it fail attempt to be dramatic and serious . however and i can image that some people may find it sensible and touch . if you like the other sister you will probably like this one and too . i hat both . 17 year old boy shouldn not write an autobiography and if they do and it doesn not seem to be the best idea to make a film out of it . negative .