Genre: Comedy
Director: Jared Hess
Writer: Alex Conn
Cast: Alex Wolff, RJ Cyler, Bella Thorne, Connie Britton, Kara Hayward, Keiynan Lonsdale
Plot: Tariq (RJ Cyler) and Alex (Alex Wolff) are having lunch and are talking about movies. Alex then reveals that he is taking the semester off and that he is not going to Sarah Lawrence until next semester to play with his band. Tariq gets mad at him and says that the only reason that he applied was to go to school with Alex.
Tariq tries to convince his mom (Connie Britton) to let him miss a semester but she doesn’t let him. Tariq’s adopted mom drops him off at Sarah Lawrence. He moves into his dorm where he is alone and his roommate Max (Keiynan Lonsdale) moves in who has dyed hair and booty shorts and they says that he is a vegan feminist and he is gay. Tariq then shakes his hand.
He then goes to a fair and he looks for a club that might be interesting to him. There is Patriarchy Studies, Underwater Basket Weaving, Singing and then he sees comic book club and chooses that.
When Tariq gets back to his room he calls Alex and tells him about the options and says he chose comic book club. Alex teases him and says he should have picked singing
When he goes to the comic book club. In the comic book club there is an LGBT flag and a Black Lives Matter flag and he sees Jane (Bella Thorne) and Annabelle (Kara Hayward) and they are talking about Fun Home the graphic novel autobiography by Allison Bechdel and Tariq is shocked and Jane recognizes him and Annabelle reminds him that he is her ex boyfriend and Jane and Annabelle asks him angrily what his book he brought is and he shows his Spider Man comic and they make fun of him for the comic book.
Jane and Annabel then eat literal grass and drink wine and they discuss the texture of the wine and the grass. Tariq squirms.
He goes home to his dorm and he is crying and he calls his mom in tears saying Jane his ex girlfriend is at his school and she says good it will teach him how to get through tough situations and she responds saying she had to be in college for 4 years with her ex boyfriend they then stop talking. Max mentions that when he’s sad he should just go to a safe space if he gets anxious in class and there is no stigma attached to leaving class to go to a safe space.
Tariq goes to a gender studies class and Jane is in the class and gives Tariq the stink eye for the entire class and Tariq runs and finds the safe space and he tries to calm down. There is a montage of him going to class mostly and also being in the safe space.
Tariq goes back to the comic book club and they say today they are going to bring Tariq to Whole Foods. They get the food and go back to the club and Tariq tries it and it’s the same grass from before and he vomits. Tariq then is kicked out of the club.
The film then cuts to Christmas break and he is at a McDonalds with Alex and they both drive to Sarah Lawrence excitedly. The next day Tariq sees Jane and Alex making out with the fire of a thousand suns. Tariq goes to class every day and Jane and Alex sit together everyday.
Tariq then goes to Alex’s dorm room and surprises him with McDonalds and Alex rejects it because he’s vegan
The film then cuts to Tariq in the safe space. Alex and Jane then are at a party and Tariq goes and this one dude says he’s not at the guest list. He waits after the party and he waits for Alex and Alex says that Tariq is not cool enough anymore and he is not progressive and he should just leave and Alex reveals that he is a vegan now. Tariq leaves in Tariq is in his dorm room crying and Max asks why he is sad. Max then tells his story about after he came out to his parents and they kicked him out and he still went to his high school and no one accepted him anymore and his friends kicked him out. He took at a big student loan and he got into Sarah Lawrence and he reveals that he doesn't really fit in here either.
Tariq is excited by that. Max then reveals he pretended in many ways to be accepted. Max tells Tariq that he and him should make a song together as Max is a DJ and Tariq thinks that’s a great idea.
Tariq then goes to Alex’s dorm where he and Jane are making out and invites Alex to the show. Alex says he’ll think about it.
Alex and Max then go back in the studio.
There is a montage of them creating the song and rehearsing it. Tariq and Max both agree it is ready.
Alex and Jane then have dinner under candlelight and eat literal grass. They make out and talk about Sigmund Freud.
Alex then brings up that Tariq is having a concert
Max also has a call with his family and he asks for them to watch the concert on YouTube. They then hang up.
Tariq and Max then play it in front of the whole school and it is filmed and Tariq is singing and half of the school thinks it’s offensive but the other half loves it. Tariq and Alex reconcile.
The show gets a lot of views on YouTube and Max gets a call from his family saying that he can come back whenever he wants.
Max, Tariq, Alex all eat at McDonalds. It’s Max’s first time at McDonalds and even he admits it’s pretty good and they all reflect on the journey.
The film has a during credits scene with Max, Tariq and Alex in a video starting a spoof of the Let’s Move campaign called Let’s Sit Campaign which is pro McDonalds and watching TV. Alex and Max and Tariq believe it is the key to prosperity. It ends with the more you know bit.
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