Burlington, Ontario, 2003. Hyper-ambitious teenage cinephile Lawrence Kweller dreams of attending film school at NYU. In order to raise the hefty tuition fee, he gets his dream job at the local video store, Sequels. Wracked with anxiety about his future, Lawrence begins alienating the most important people in his life while developing a complicated friendship with his manager. As graduation looms ever closer, a series of painful realizations force Lawrence to realize that he is a pretentious asshole.