מרי אליזבת (לינדסי לוהן) בת-עשרה, משוכנעת שעיר הולדתה סובבת סביבה. עד שמשפחתה אורזת ועוזבת לפרברים, היכן שהיא מוצאת את עצמה מתחרה על תשומת הלב. ומפנטזת על להקת הרוק האהובה עליה. כשנודע לה שהלהקה עומדת להתפרק, ועורכת קונצרט פרידה אחרון. היא פורקת כל עול במטרה להגיע לקונצרט האחרון של הלהקה

Professor Ludwig von Drake plays a variety of popular music, all of which he wrote. First, ragtime: the Rutabaga Rag, with vegetables dancing in stop-motion. Next, the Charleston, with cut-out animation of a singer and dancers. Dixieland and more cut-out animation; the crooner/love ballad; 50's doo-wop; and finally, rockabilly.

The story is based around an American Idol kind of TV talent show and the eventual winner of the contest: a young orphan woman, who works at an orphanage herself. As I learned from the werkfilm on the DVD, the story was specifically written for Oláh, who in real life was the runner-up of the very first such TV show in Hungary “Megasztár” (“MegaStar”) in 2004. She didn’t win there despite being many viewers’ favorite and having a terrific voice. It is kind of a consolation that she won in the movie, although reading the legal troubles about getting her fee must have made the victory sour.

Lost in a whirlpool of loss and regret, Harry Bradshaw attempts to find innocence.