Genre: Drama/Romance
Director: Alex Conn
Writer: Alex Conn
Cast: Alex Wolff, Aubrey Plaza, RJ Cyler, Jason Ritter, Abigail Breslin
Plot: Peter (Alex Wolff) is at a house and he is on the couch and there is a 30 yr old woman who is revealed to be his old English teacher, Samantha (Aubrey Plaza). She offers him a chance to sleepover there. Her and her boyfriend then argue about it.
Peter wakes up and realizes that he ejaculates in his sheets and he tries to clean them. He gets a text from his girlfriend to meet up at this coffee shop.
Peter is waiting at the coffee shop and is anxious and his girlfriend Emily (Abigail Breslin) is there. She is wearing a lot of makeup and she looks sad and Peter is talking to Emily and Emily then says she’s breaking up with him. She also says she starting seeing a man named Joseph. He sees this and there is a hard cut to Peter in his bedroom getting super stoned. He calls his friend Ryan (RJ Cyler) who is at SUNY purchase and Ryan plans to have a big hangout when he gets back to Westchester.
He flies to his hometown of Mamaroneck New York. He is cyberstalking Emily and her new boyfriend Joseph. His family is excited to see him and so are his friends. His friends organize a boys night where they go to dinner and a movie.
At dinner Peter sees his English teacher Samantha. She seems solemn and the boys encourage him to go up to her but Peter says that it’s probably illegal for them to date or something. The boys then back off.
The boys then go to a movie right after. They then see Samantha the English teacher again. She is still sorrowful. The boys then convince Peter to talk to her and he does
Peter then talks to Samantha and she asks him how college is treating him and Peter thanks her for the nice recommendation letter she wrote him and the conversation kinda is going nowhere until Samantha invites him for lunch.
His friends then say he did a great job and he goes home and masturbates about Samantha and old fantasies about her come back up. We then cut to Samantha fantasizing about Peter.
Peter then goes to lunch with Samantha. Samantha meets her at the place which is a thin crust pizza place. Samantha is obviously shaken and depressed but tries to keep a happy face. Peter presses on her and presses on her and it is revealed that she is in a really unhappy relationship and Peter asks about her ring and she says she’s engaged. Peter then asks when she’s supposed to be married and she says September. Samantha then asks Peter and Peter then talks about his ex girlfriend Emily and how she is dating this guy Joseph. Peter then shows Samantha a picture of Joseph and she comments that he is way more attractive than Joseph.
Peter then goes to Samantha’s place and they have sex and after it Samantha orders him to leave before her husband comes back from work.
Peter then talks to Ryan about this and Ryan is impressed but thinks it’s a one night stand but Peter says he’s actually in love with her and Ryan is worried that someone is going to get in trouble at the end and Peter reminds Ryan that he was the one who convinced Peter to talk to Samantha and Ryan says he only thought it was going to be a one night stand.
We then cut to Samantha who for the first time feels happy she is texting Peter a lot and Peter is very happy and she is very happy. They start seeing each other more and more. They often go to bookstores and old movie theaters and they one time have sex in a library after hours. But after they have their fun she always has to go back to her horrible marriage.
When Samantha goes home her husband Sam (Jason Ritter) asks why she hasn’t been home. He says the house is a mess and Samantha says that she is a free independent woman. He then walks out and goes on a McDonalds tour and eats a bunch of fast food.
Samantha and Peter start having serious talks about their future and Samantha is thinking about breaking up with Sam. Peter but is worried how it’s going to look. Peter says that she should be breaking up with him but Samantha tells him that she comes from a Catholic family and divorce looks bad. They have this talk in the library and the principal of the school sees them. It is also the weekend before Samantha’s wedding.
Sam and Samantha then have Samantha’s family over for the wedding and Samantha’s mom hugs her and Sam. Sam is unusually nice during this evening. Samantha is actually kind of charmed by Sam in a way she hasn’t felt since they got married.
After the parents leave Samantha and Sam have a talk and Sam says he wishes to be a better husband for Sam and they have sex.
Samantha then breaks up with Peter saying that she is now back in love with him and Peter tries to win her over and saying it is just a phase and that he’s just manipulating her.
Peter is on the plane ride and he checks Samantha’s Facebook posts and he sees her marrying Sam. Peter closes his computer and looks out the window towards the future.
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