Kate Can’t Swim (2017)

Plotzle Expert · E32 · April 2, 2026 · Drama / Comedy

Six plot descriptions for Kate Can’t Swim (2017). One is the real plot. Five are convincing fakes. Read them and guess which is real.

1. A high school guidance counselor realizes she has given everyone advice about taking risks while she herself has never learned to be vulnerable and decides to finally admit this.
2. A recovering alcoholic named Kate joins a support group where everyone shares their deepest fears and she realizes staying sober feels like drowning while everyone around her has learned to float.
3. A woman and her best friend who has returned from traveling with a new partner go on a vacation with their respective partners, but tensions and emotional complications arise during the trip.
4. Kate's teenage daughter signs them both up for a mother-daughter triathlon as a bonding exercise but Kate fakes an ankle injury and her daughter discovers the lie on competition day.
5. Kate inherits her aunt's lakeside cabin and hires a local handyman to renovate it but their conversations about her failed marriage keep interrupting the construction schedule and delaying her plans.
6. Kate books a Mediterranean cruise to celebrate her promotion but spends the entire week avoiding the ship's pool and inventing elaborate excuses to her new friends about her absence.