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Seventeen-year-old hopeless romantic River Dean is a wreck. After his girlfriend dumps him, he seeks solace in a teen support group by pretending he's addicted to marijuana. The lies and obfuscation pile up as he continues for the sake of a possible rebound romance with a girl in the group. It's a compelling, humorous, and occasionally frustrating portrait of a teen boy's cluelessness.