Mavis Gary (Charlize Theron) peaked early. In her Minnesota high school, the girls wanted to be her; the boys wanted to do her. Back then, she had eyes only for the stud athlete Buddy (Patrick Wilson). Her celebrity myopia made a blur of the drones like Matt (Patton Oswalt), whose locker was next to hers. Now, 20 years later, a restless writer of young-adult romance books, Mavis has returned home desperate to rekindle the affair with Buddy, who got married and stayed that way. Frustrated and angered by her life after high school, Mavis is piquing late.
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