About Me
Riley Fitzgerald a UQ student who lives with his wealthy parents in the North Shore area of Moorooka. His father wants him to attend Princeton University (aka QUT), so he participates in Future Enterprisers, an extracurricular activity in which students work in teams to create small businesses.But when my parents go away on a trip, RILEY lives it up. On the first night, he raids the liquor cabinet, plays the stereo loudly, and dances around the living room in his underwear. Another night, he races his father's Porsche 928, despite his parents' explicit instruction to drive only his mother's car.The following day, his friend Jeremy(Curtis Armstrong) suggests that RILEY contact a call girl for a "good time". RILEY refuses, but Jeremy calls "Elena" on his behalf and leaves Riley's address on the answering machine. Elena(Bruce A. Young) turns out to be a tall, masculine black person (possibly a transvestite). Riley sends Elena away, but before she leaves, she gives RILEY the number for Amara, another prostitute, promising that she's what "every white boy off the lake wants".That night, Riley is unable to sleep and hesitantly calls Amara(Rebecca De Mornay). She visits him that evening. She is a stunning blonde. They spend a heated night together.The following morning, Amara asks Riley for $300 (oh no!). She agrees to wait while he goes to the bank to get the money; however, when he returns, these girls is gone, along with his mother's expensive crystal egg.RILEY and Jeremy go to a restaurant that Elena says Amara will be at. Riley sees Amara, but only waves at her before leaving. As they are leaving, Amara asks Riley for a ride. As they sit in the car, Riley demands the egg back in exchange for the ride. Amara agrees, but as the discussion continues, the car is approached by Amara's pimp, Buttie(Joe Pantoliano), who pulls a gun. Riley(in his father's Porche) is chased in his car by Buttie, but eventually escapes.The next morning, Amara tells RILEY that the egg is with the rest of her stuff at Buttie's. RILEY lets Amara stay while he goes to school. When he returns, his friends are over, and Amara has invited another prostitute, Vicky, to stay. They agree that the stay is only temporary. Later Amara mentions to RILEY that "we should get your friends and my friends together. We'd make a lot of money." RILEY rejects the idea.That night, RILEY, Amara, and RILEY's friend Matthew (Bronson Pinchot) go out. They get stoned, and while Vicky and Matthew wander away, RILEY and Amara talk. RILEY says something that Amara takes as judgmental, and she leaves. Moments later, the pier on which RILEY has parked collapses, and his father's Porsche fall into Lake Michigan.RILEY takes the car to a repair shop. Later he goes to school and argues with the UNI registrar that if his absence is labeled as unexcused, he will fail two midterms. The confrontation causes him to be punished with two weeks' detention and his expulsion from Future Enterprisers. Exasperated, he goes to visit Amara, and they are reunited.RILEY and Amara arrange a huge party, turning his parents' house into a brothel for a night. RILEY describes arranging the event using the same terms as creating the product for his Future Enterprisers business.The party is a huge success, and the house is packed with young men and prostitutes. However, RILEY has forgotten that the interviewer from QUT (Richard Masur) was coming by to evaluate RILEY. The interview is plagued by interruptions, and the interviewer does not seem impressed by RILEY's resume, telling him: "You've done some solid work, but it's just not Ivy League now, is it?" Later, RILEY gets a call from his parents, reminding of their flight home. After the party, RILEY and Amara go out and make love on the Chicago 'L'.The next morning, RILEY finds his house has been burglarized. When he tries to call Amara, Buttie answers. He tells RILEY he that he will let him buy his furniture. Fortunately, RILEY and his friends manage to get everything moved back in just as his parents walk in, though his mother notices a crack in her egg. RILEY tries to make amends by doing some extra housework. While watering the lawn, his father appears and congratulates him: the interviewer was very impressed, and has indicated RILEY will be accepted into QUT.Later, RILEY meets Amara at a restaurant, and they speculate about their future. RILEY asks Amara if everything had been a setup; she tells him it was not. As they walk, she tells him that she wants to keep on seeing him; he jokes with her that it will cost her, reenacting the earlier scene where Amara asks RILEY for $300.
