Family Dinner

32-year-old Maddie Barker is an Uber driver and bartender in Montauk, New York. As she owes property taxes on the home she inherited from her mother, her car is repossessed and she faces bankruptcy. Desperate to keep the home, Maddie responds to an unusual Craigslist posting. Wealthy couple Alison and Laird Becker seek someone to date and have sex with their 19-year-old son Percy in exchange for a Buick Regal. As he is shy and has no experience with girls, drinking, parties, or sex, his parents hope to boost his confidence and "get him out of his shell" before he attends Princeton University. Maddie attempts to seduce Percy at the animal shelter where he volunteers. When she offers him a ride home, he thinks she is attempting to kidnap him and pepper sprays her. Despite this, they agree to go on a date the next day. Maddie and Percy meet at a bar the next night and then go skinny dipping at the beach. While they are in the water, a group of drunken teenagers starts to steal their clothes. Naked, Maddie attacks them, frightening Percy, who refuses to have sex with her. When Maddie tries to leave with his clothes, Percy jumps on her car, naked, and they outrun the police. As they attempt to have sex, he develops an anxiety rash, so Maddie instead takes care of him. Maddie and Percy continue to date, sharing more about themselves and forming a friendship. Maddie reveals her father was cheating on his wife and family in New York City with her mother, so she and Maddie were left on their own, although he paid her off with some cash and the house. Both reveal that they never went to prom, so they imitate a prom night, going to a fancy dinner where Percy plays a rendition of "Maneater" on the piano. Afterward he meets a school acquaintance, Natalie, who invites him to a Princeton orientation party. After Percy and Maddie disagree about their long-term plans, he goes to the party, where Maddie eventually searches for him. She finds him with Natalie in bed, though nothing happened between them after he took an ibuprofen with alcohol. After leaving the party, Percy professes his love for Maddie, and Maddie says they should not have sex for the first time when he is drunk. The next day, Percy tells his parents he wants to stay in Montauk with Maddie instead of going to Princeton. In a panic, his father offers her the car if she convinces him to go to Princeton. Percy inadvertently hears Maddie's deal with his parents. Feeling betrayed, Percy invites his parents and Maddie to dinner simultaneously and makes surreptitious remarks about the deal. He excuses himself and crashes the Buick into a tree, badly damaging it. When Percy returns, he tries to have sex with Maddie. After prematurely ejaculating during foreplay, he reveals he knows about the deal and ends their relationship. Maddie takes the damaged car and determines to pay off her debts. Working for the rest of the summer, she saves enough money to save her home and fix her car. Maddie's friends Jim and Sara tell her they are moving from Montauk to Florida due to housing costs. Sara asks Maddie if she really wants to stay in Montauk or if she is just doing it for her mother. After reflecting on her life, Maddie reunites with Percy at a Princeton mixer and apologizes. Unconvinced, he starts to drive off when she jumps on the hood of his car. Unable to see, Percy crashes the car into the ocean. As the car is being towed, the pair reconcile, promising to remain friends. Maddie decides to sell Jim and Sara the house and move to California to pursue her passion for surfing. Maddie drops Percy off at Princeton on her way to California, and reveals that she has adopted Milo, a former police dog, from the shelter where Percy volunteered. She promises to call him during her entire drive to California.