The plot follows a teacher who chaperones a small group of high school students to a weekend state drama competition.

[3] Rachel Stevens is a 29-year-old California high school English teacher who volunteers to chaperone three of her students to a drama competition for the weekend: the organized Margot, affable Sam, and the struggling but talented Billy.

On Friday, she meets with the principal to discuss details and learns Billy is on medication for a behavioral disorder.

Arriving at the hotel, the group checks in and, during a mixer, Rachel meets another teacher named Walter.

Rachel returns and spends the rest of the night drinking in her bedroom and rehearsing dialogue that she uses in the classroom.

She says that she thinks Billy is a good actor, and if he wins, then the school might put more funding back into the arts.

Later Billy knocks on her door to apologize for dinner but, seeing she is sad, barges his way into her room and tries to cheer her up by jumping on her bed.

On the way home, things remain awkward between them until Margot reminds them that Billy has yet to take the makeup test for The Great Gatsby he was supposed to complete before attending the competition.

The students devise a plan to answer questions from the test Margot has in her bag and use Sam's notebook.

In February 2013, it was announced that Elliot Page would direct the film, which would have been his first as helmer, from a screenplay by Julia Hart, with Anna Faris attached to star as a teacher.

[13] On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 65 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

[14] Stephen Holden of The New York Times classified the film as an "NYT Critic's Pick", describing it as a "modest, warmhearted directorial debut..."[15] He wrote that Rabe gave a "beautifully balanced performance".