Intense movie lover Lawrence Kweller (Isaiah Lehtinen), 17, wants more than anything to be accepted into NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, to learn to be a filmmaker. So much that he hasn't even applied to another college, despite the fact that he lives in Burlington, Ontario.

He and his best friend, Matt Macarchuck (Percy Hynes White) make films together, but Matt eventually grows tired of Lawrence belittling him and embarrassing him, especially when Lawrence doesn't even have time for their weekly ritual of watching Saturday Night Live because he's found a job in a video store.

Lawrence begins to develop a crush on the store manager, Alana (Romina D'Ugo), thinking he has a lot in common with her, even though she's much older.