This movie is a totally "in your face" teen drama about some precocious kids taking on the adult world and coming to age.
Great acting by Zoey Deutch made me want to stay with this movie to the end. The story was a somewhat teens vs. adults scenario where the adults are played as buffoons and the teens have all the smarts in the world. The movie does keep moving. The only dull and stupid spot is near the end. And it is a shame that the lightheartedness of the first half of the movie became dark and heavy in the second half. But that was more because the writer wanted to show the teens facing adult problems and having to grow up quickly when faced with a harsh reality.
Actress Zoey Deutch plays Erica Vandross, a 17 year old that loves to give oral sex. Most of the time it's blackmail because she's underage and for the saintly reason of trying to raise money to bail her dad from jail for trying to rob a casino. Her dad is the only male she loves. Her mother seems to be totally unaware of her daughter's sexual shenanigans because she is too busy trying to line up a new boyfriend for herself. That new boyfriend comes with an 18 year old, Luke Sherman, just released out of a drug rehab/suicide prevention clinic. Why was he there? Luke states that he was sexually molested by a male teacher, Will Jordan (played by Adam Scott) but no one believed him. Upon release from the clinic, Luke is offered a job by Erica, which he turns down, but explains his problem to her. So she and a group of her friends decide to take down Will Jordan whose life is in shambles because of the sexual molestation allegation. Erica drugs the ex-teacher but after talking to him begins to feel that perhaps her future step-brother, Luke, is indeed a habitual liar. Too late. The drug takes effect and Will Jordan falls into a glass topped coffee table. Erica and her female gang then pose the teacher for some blackmail photographs. The next day, police are at Erica's house because a neighbor saw the likes of her and Luke at the teacher's house. Luke confesses to her that he wasn't molested but did see the teacher molesting another female. Feeling that perhaps they went too far, Erica and Luke head back to Will Jordan's house to make amends. But they find Will dead with a piece of the coffee table in his back. Knowing that they would be arrested for murder, Luke has the bright idea to drive to Mexico. On the run and finding out that Erica's dad was released from jail and that he never contacted her, Erica deems Luke as her new male friend and confidant and has first-time sex with him. The kids are eventually caught and Luke, being over 18, takes the jail time, which is lessened because more people have come forward with molestation charges against the teacher. Erica now adores him as her new alpha male.
Great acting by Zoey Deutch made me want to stay with this movie to the end. The story was a somewhat teens vs. adults scenario where the adults are played as buffoons and the teens have all the smarts in the world. The movie does keep moving. The only dull and stupid spot is near the end. And it is a shame that the lightheartedness of the first half of the movie became dark and heavy in the second half. But that was more because the writer wanted to show the teens facing adult problems and having to grow up quickly when faced with a harsh reality.
Actress Zoey Deutch plays Erica Vandross, a 17 year old that loves to give oral sex. Most of the time it's blackmail because she's underage and for the saintly reason of trying to raise money to bail her dad from jail for trying to rob a casino. Her dad is the only male she loves. Her mother seems to be totally unaware of her daughter's sexual shenanigans because she is too busy trying to line up a new boyfriend for herself. That new boyfriend comes with an 18 year old, Luke Sherman, just released out of a drug rehab/suicide prevention clinic. Why was he there? Luke states that he was sexually molested by a male teacher, Will Jordan (played by Adam Scott) but no one believed him. Upon release from the clinic, Luke is offered a job by Erica, which he turns down, but explains his problem to her. So she and a group of her friends decide to take down Will Jordan whose life is in shambles because of the sexual molestation allegation. Erica drugs the ex-teacher but after talking to him begins to feel that perhaps her future step-brother, Luke, is indeed a habitual liar. Too late. The drug takes effect and Will Jordan falls into a glass topped coffee table. Erica and her female gang then pose the teacher for some blackmail photographs. The next day, police are at Erica's house because a neighbor saw the likes of her and Luke at the teacher's house. Luke confesses to her that he wasn't molested but did see the teacher molesting another female. Feeling that perhaps they went too far, Erica and Luke head back to Will Jordan's house to make amends. But they find Will dead with a piece of the coffee table in his back. Knowing that they would be arrested for murder, Luke has the bright idea to drive to Mexico. On the run and finding out that Erica's dad was released from jail and that he never contacted her, Erica deems Luke as her new male friend and confidant and has first-time sex with him. The kids are eventually caught and Luke, being over 18, takes the jail time, which is lessened because more people have come forward with molestation charges against the teacher. Erica now adores him as her new alpha male.