The Last Summer (2019 film)

Griffin Hourigan, a prep school grad, is preparing to enter Columbia University, where he was accepted due to connections through his father, despite actually wanting to attend Berklee College of Music. At a party, he encounters Phoebe Fisher, an old friend who he has always had a crush on. Learning that she is making a documentary for a film festival, Griffin volunteers to help. He asks her out on a date, but she declines, explaining that she is spending her last summer focusing on making her film. The two view a clip from the documentary where a couple discusses plans for their long-distance relationship, whereupon Griffin predicts their relationship is doomed. Through helping mixing her film's audio, they become closer, begin dating, and quickly fall in love.

Phoebe, who plans to attend New York University, admits the reason why she has to work so hard on her film is because she needs to win the festival, to pay for school. She also encourages him to follow his passion for music instead of attending Columbia. Meanwhile, Griffin learns that his father is secretly having an affair with Phoebe's single mother. However, an anxious Griffin doesn't reveal this to Phoebe until after Phoebe's mother learns the truth and breaks off the affair. A devastated Phoebe blames Griffin for not telling her sooner and breaks up with him.

Heartbroken, Griffin apologizes to Phoebe's mother and explains how much Phoebe means to him. After sending Phoebe takeout from a favorite restaurant as an apology, she invites him to the premiere of her documentary. The film is well-received, and Phoebe is able to attend NYU. Griffin reconciles with her at the premiere, revealing that he has decided to follow his dreams and attend Berklee. Though they both will no longer be attending school in NYC, they promise to visit each other often before joking, that the relationship is doomed.

Erin and Alec, a high school power couple, mutually decide to break off their relationship as they are planning on attending different colleges. Though they plan to be respectful even while apart, Erin is shocked when Alec quickly falls under the spell of Paige Wilcox, a popular but vapid classmate who takes advantage of his newly single status to ask him out. Though Erin secretly misses Alec, she tries to move on, focusing on her thankless job as a personal assistant.

Erin attends a Chicago Cubs baseball game with her best friend Audrey, who was given tickets with baseline seating from her employer. During the game, rookie Ricky Santos jumps onto her lap while making a catch and later asks her out on a date. Erin is charmed by the friendly and homey Ricky, and the two begin dating. Alec breaks up with dull-witted Paige and unsuccessfully tries to win Erin back, becoming jealous when he learns of her relationship with Ricky.

Though Ricky tells Erin that they are exclusive, she surprises him at his home with his ex. Ricky hastily explains they had been together for a long time, and their situation is "complicated." Erin breaks up with him and regrets leaving Alec. Some time later, she encounters Alec at a party; the two decide to be friends again, moments before kissing and possibly renewing their relationship.

Audrey, a working-class student, finds herself rejected or waitlisted by all of her college options, as her grades were average due to her needing to work while in school. Disappointed, she decides to pursue her last choice option while taking up a job as a nanny to a precocious child actress, Lilah. Lilah's wealthy and self-centered mother, whose claim to fame was a bit part in Sixteen Candles, is determined to make Lilah a star. Though Lilah is rude and curt at first, she quickly warms up to the grounded Audrey.

Audrey learns that Lilah is uninterested in being a star and feels controlled by her overbearing mother. In turn, Audrey confesses her own feelings of disappointment that she is always settling for less. While waiting for a big audition on AGT that could help launch a 'career,' they simultaneously decide to skip it and go to the beach, as Lilah desires. Lilah's mother is furious she missed the audition and fires Audrey, who happily parts ways with a cheered Lilah.

Though she is eventually accepted by her last-choice college, Audrey is displeased when told that initially she would be on academic probation, barring her from participating in much of student life on campus. Soured by the college interviewer's admonishments that she should be grateful to be accepted, Audrey declines, instead choosing to forge her own path, deciding to volunteer for Teachers Without Borders, having discovered her talent for working with children.

Foster, Alec's best friend and coworker at the latter's self-started company, is attempting to make the most of his last summer by going through a "wishlist" of girls he would like to sleep with. Alec believes that the idea is offensive, but Foster is determined to see it through; however, he is repeatedly rejected and ignored by women, including primary target Paige Wilcox, who is only interested in Alec. After his attempt at hooking up with a virginal Christian girl fails, he thinks he's making progress with another girl at a party, only for her to reveal that his wishlist went viral, and no girl will sleep with him now.

While discussing the disappointment with Alec, Foster admits that, due to his busy schedule in school, he is actually a virgin; the wishlist was his attempt to make up for lost time. Alec assures him that he does not need to worry. Later, Alec leaves Foster to handle an invoice as he departs to reconnect with Erin. Foster meets with the client, an attractive divorcée, who seductively admits that she has been watching them work all week, and invites him inside her home. Foster looks back at the audience with a smile before closing the door.

Chad and Reece, two nerdy and unpopular best friends, stop at a bar on the way to a wedding rehearsal dinner and are mistaken for professional traders, as businessmen frequent the bar. As the waitress fails to card them, they enjoy drinks, conversation, and karaoke with the businessmen, easily bluffing their way into their circle. After becoming regulars and networking with the other patrons, they are eventually approached and befriended by two twenty-something women, Janet and Claire, who begin dating Reece and Chad respectively. Though the friends are enthralled by the success of their ruse at first, Chad feels guilty about deceiving the women, who they are sincerely connecting with, and is concerned that they are getting too deep into the lie. Reece begs him to keep the deception going, reminding him that they have never before been so popular and well-liked.

Eventually, Chad confesses to Claire that he and Reece are actually 18 and know nothing about business. An amused Claire reveals that she and Janet have been aware of the ruse the entire time, but had gone along with it because they genuinely like them, and assures him that she finds him cool. Relieved, Chad jokingly asks if they can get married that day, and they resume their relationship.