Book Smart
Amy and Molly are
two high school seniors who have been best friends since childhood but are
considered pretentious by their peers. Amy has been out for two years and has a
crush on a girl named Ryan; Molly urges Amy to attempt to forge a relationship
with her before they graduate. On the eve of their high school graduation,
Molly overhears classmates talking about her in the bathroom. She confronts
them and tells them she got into Yale, but they reveal that despite partying
they too got into good colleges. Molly angrily tells Amy they should have enjoyed
their time in high school more. She proposes they go to a graduation party held
by Nick at his aunt’s house; though initially reluctant, Amy accepts. The pair
quickly realize that neither of them knows the address of Nick’s party. Molly
calls Jared, a wealthy classmate who likes her. He brings them to his unattended
party on a yacht, where they encounter his drug-crazed friend, Gigi. Amy
suggests that they go home, having fulfilled their plan to party before
graduation, but Molly calls a “Malala” (their code for unconditionally doing
what the other wants to do) and Amy consents to continue with the night. The
girls call a Lyft and are shocked to be picked up by their principal, Jordan
Brown. After the girls accidentally play pornography through his car speakers, Brown
drops them off at what they thin is Nick’s aunt’s house. It turns out to be their
classmate George’s house, who’s hosting a murder mystery party. They encounter
Gigi again, who reveals that the strawberries they ate on the yacht were
drugged. Amy and Molly soon experience a bad trip and hallucinate that they are
George’s sisters fashion dolls. They escape George’s house and get the location
of the party from a pizza delivery man. Amy accidentally leaves her phone in
his car. Molly’s phone is nearly dead, lasting just long enough to call their
teacher, Miss Fine, who gives them a change of clothes and a ride to Nick’s
party. When they arrive, Amy goes to talk to Ryan and Molly goes to talk to
Nick, on whom Gigi got her to confess she has a crush. Amy finds Ryan making
out with Nick; embarrassed and heartbroken, Amy wants to leave. She finds Molly
and calls her own “Malala”, but Molly refuses to grant it, thinking she has a
chance with Nick. This sends Amy into a rage and she reveals she is taking a gap
year to travel to Botswana, as she resents how Molly always tries to control
her life. The two loudly argue in front of their classmates and Amy runs to the
bathroom, finding Hope, her classmate, already in there. They are at first
combative towards each other, but then Amy kisses Hope. They start to have sex,
but Amy vomits on her, ruining the moment. Cops show up and the party-goers
scatter. Molly, unable to find Amy is driven home by Triple A, a popular
student with a reputation for promiscuity and the two bond over the stereotypes
that both have suffered from. Molly wakes up on graduation day regretting what happened
between her and Amy. She discovers on her phone everyone is talking about how cool
Amy was for creating a diversion at the party, allowing everyone else to escape
the police and getting herself arrested. Molly visits Amy in jail and apologizes
for her manipulative actions, leading to the pair’s reconciliation. Molly
learns the pizza driver is a serial killer and they trade that information to
get Amy out of jail. They take Jared’s car to graduation where Molly kisses Jared
onstage and gives an improvised Valedictorian speech, receiving a standing ovation.
A few days later, as Molly helps Amy prepare for her trip to Botswana, Hope
comes to the door and gives Amy her number. Molly subsequently drives Amy to the
airport, where they share a tearful goodbye. As Molly drives away, Amy jumps in
front of her car, saying she has time to hang out before her flight; she
suggests they get pancakes and Molly ecstatically accepts.
