Dare, for a movie about teenagers in their last semester of high school, is a deeper movie than you’d expect. The film, directed by Adam Salky, is broken up into three parts with each part focusing on one of three teens. Alexa (Emmy Rossum) is the overachieving good girl who’s used to excelling at everything she does. Ben (Ashley Springer), Alexa’s best friend, is on the verge of accepting his homosexuality. Johnny (Zach Gilford) is popular, rich, and puts on a show about being a bad boy but deep down he’s just a lonely guy.

The film starts out with Alexa’s story. She’s put on the pill because she’s missing periods due to stress. As part of the drama club, she’s trying to get her role down perfectly but something’s not right. Her scene partner, Johnny is indifferent about the project and only doing drama because he was kicked off of the soccer team for smoking. When Grant Mason, an alumnus of the high school and accomplish actor comes to town, Alexa has the chance to meet with him in the hopes of getting tips on how to be a better actor. His blunt honesty isn’t what she expects when he tells her that if she wants to be a good actor, she needs to experience things and take chances. This inspires Alexa to change her act. She does it by losing the geeky sweaters and seducing Johnny.