Chronically Metropolitan follows a writer as he deals with the aftermath of a car accident, while exploring the complexities of his family relationships. He is forced to confront his past and reevaluate his future while facing numerous awkward situations. Throughout the movie, he also explores themes of exhibitionism and its impact on his life.

Phil Schreiber, a self-involved hedge fund manager living in New York City, escapes to the Hamptons with his wife and son at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Making an already fraught situation worse is the surprise arrival of Phil’s college roommate Charlie, an exemplar of Falstaffian excess. As Charlie makes himself at home, secrets are revealed that threaten to do more harm than the virus they’re all trying to avoid.