| Director | Eliza Hittman |
|---|---|
| Genre | LGBT-related film, drama film |
| Runtime | 95 min |
| Country | United States |
| Box office | $576,316 |
Frankie is an aimless 19-year-old Brooklynite who spends his days hanging out and getting high with his macho friends as an escape from his troubled home life. His family includes his little sister and a mother who is mostly occupied with caring for his terminally ill father. At night, Frankie cruises Brooklyn Boys, a webcam site for gay men, but partially obscures his face with a hat.
When Frankie and his friends are at the Coney Island boardwalk watching fireworks, he catches the attentions of local girl Simone. Simone accompanies Frankie back to his place and tries to initiate sex with him, asking, "Am I pretty?" Frankie cannot perform and tries to make small talk instead, mocking and imitating her question. Insulted, Simone leaves. A few days later, Frankie and his friends are at the beach when they spot Simone with another guy. Frankie goes to apologize to Simone for his behavior the other night, and she tentatively forgives him. Meanwhile, Frankie uses the chat site to arrange hookups, particularly with older men as they are less likely to run into his friends and give away his double life. When a male partner asks about his penchant for older men, Frankie replies, "I don't really know what I like."
Frankie suffers a loss when his father succumbs to his terminal cancer. Frankie takes his father's pills, which he and his friends have been abusing. On a day out with Simone, Frankie casually asks her if she has ever made out with a girl. Simone replies she has, and makes an offhand comment that it is "hot" when girls make out, but when guys make out, it is "gay". That night, Frankie forces himself to have sex with her. Later, after a hookup with a gay man at a motel, Frankie is asked about his orientation. Frankie says he is not gay and reasons he has a girlfriend.
On a night out with his friends and Simone, they take drugs and party but when Frankie sees that the man from the motel works as a bartender he panics, he attempts to have sex with Simone but can't bring himself to do it and leaves her aggressively, he causes a fight on the dance floor and storms out. He meets up with an older man after. Much to his liking, when he gets home he is questioned by his mother for his behavior.
Frankie tries to apologize to Simone, who rejects him, telling him he needs to work on his personal issues and they stop seeing each other. Frankie runs into his friends on his way to meet with a guy his age named Jeremy. His friends, running out on their drug supply ask Frankie to come up with a plan and he tells them he uses a gay dating site to meet with men who have weed, his friends don't take him seriously but tag along with him when he tells them Jeremy is bringing weed with him. But when Jeremy meets them, he becomes wary of Frankie's crew and leaves. His friends insist that he finds another guy and they go back to Frankie's home, where he shows them the site and attempts to talk to men. Jeremy messages Frankie and says he wants to meet up again but to smoke with him alone. His friends see the message and insist on tagging along but when Frankie hesitates, his friends question why he even uses the chat site to begin with. Frankie again claims it is just for drugs and gives in to the plan. Jeremy arrives to pick up Frankie and during the car ride, Jeremy deduces Frankie is closeted, which Frankie resists with the belief that he does not think he is gay, and, in Jeremy's words, just "has sex with men".
On the beach, Frankie starts feeling remorse for bringing Jeremy there and tries to dissuade him from staying there, as Jeremy questions what's going on, Frankie's friends ambush Jeremy and demand the weed. When Jeremy refuses, Frankie's friends seize him. Though Frankie retrieves the drug in the sand, his friends continue to roughhouse Jeremy, with one holding him as the other punches his face. They then drop him on the shoreline and with Frankie in tow, run towards the parking lot. A tearful, exasperated Frankie sits, reflecting upon what just occurred.
At home, Frankie's mother demands an explanation for his recent behavior. He deletes all of his shirtless selfies from his computer and his Brooklyn Boys account. The next evening, he returns to the beach where they mugged Jeremy, although he is no longer there. He watches the fireworks again at the boardwalk, but with a look of anguish and uncertainty.