The King of Staten Island

Pete Davidson's semi-autobiographical debut as a filmmaker, "The King of Staten Island," chronicles the stunted adolescence of Scott, a 25-year-old man adrift since his firefighter father's death. Living a life of stagnation with his mother and secretly with his childhood friend Kelsey, Scott's world is upended when his mother begins a relationship with a brash firefighter. This disruption incites a reluctant confrontation with his past and a gradual awakening to the possibilities of a future unmoored from his grief, though the path remains littered with the detritus of his unresolved loss.