Licorice Pizza (2021)

Plotzle Original · Puzzle #9 · April 12, 2026 · Drama / Comedy

Six plot descriptions for Licorice Pizza (2021). One is the real plot. Five are convincing fakes. Read them and guess which is real.

1. A middle-aged woman attending her son's college orientation becomes unexpectedly attracted to another parent she meets and they begin an awkward affair that neither knows how to navigate properly.
2. A man returns to his small town after rehab for alcoholism and takes a job delivering pizza where he encounters former classmates who remember him differently than he remembers himself.
3. Two childhood friends reconnect at their hometown pizzeria after years apart and reminisce about their shared memories while avoiding discussion of why they stopped speaking in the first place.
4. A record store employee in Portland develops an unrequited crush on his manager and accidentally sends her a mixtape intended for someone else, leading to confusion and eventual friendship.
5. A teenage actor and a woman in her twenties meet in the San Fernando Valley in 1973 and develop a complicated relationship while pursuing various business ventures together over several months.
6. An aspiring chef opens a dessert shop specializing in nostalgic candy flavors but her business partner keeps eating the inventory and she considers dissolving their arrangement despite their history.