What Happens in Slut in a Good Way?
The complete story of Slut in a Good Way, from the first scene to the last, in 630 words (about 3 minutes). Spoilers throughout.
Spoilers ahead
17-year-old Charlotte is reeling from a breakup with her boyfriend, who confessed to her he is gay right after she lost her virginity to him. One day, Charlotte and her friends Mégane and Aube wander into the big-box toy store Jouets Dépôt, and after discovering that several attractive men work there, the girls apply for part-time jobs. On her first day at work, Charlotte is paired with the amiable Guillaume. On another day, she is tasked with shadowing the flirtatious Francis. To get over her ex, Charlotte reciprocates Francis’s advances and sleeps with him. She subsequently engages in dalliances with other male co-workers, with the exception of Guillaume.
Unbeknownst to Charlotte, the men share their stories about having sex with her, which gives her a reputation as a “slut.” At a Halloween party, Charlotte and Guillaume grow closer, but just as they are about to kiss, Francis walks in on them and makes a casual comment to Charlotte congratulating her on reaching “a perfect score”, meaning she has had sex with nearly all of the male workers at the store. A humiliated Charlotte suspects Guillaume of trying to sleep with her just so he can join the other employees. Guillaume insists this was not his intention and that he truly likes her, but Charlotte leaves and gives him the cold shoulder at work.
Charlotte responds to the sexism by resolving to stay abstinent. When the men participate in Movember, an annual fundraiser to raise awareness for men’s health issues such as prostate cancer, Mégane mocks them and says the only ones who stand to benefit from their fundraiser are the pharmaceutical companies that would profit from finding a cure for prostate cancer. She creates her own movement in response—a Lysistrata-like campaign to withhold sex from the men at work until Christmas. The other girls at the store, also put off by the double standards concerning male and female sexuality, join Charlotte and Mégane in the pledge and help raise funds for women’s cancer research.
Aube, the only virgin of the trio, is attracted to co-worker Olivier, but he is oblivious to her interest. In an attempt to show solidarity with the other men who want to end the girls’ “sex strike”, Olivier approaches Aube and accompanies her home one day. While watching a movie together, the two indulge in foreplay. When Charlotte learns Aube kissed Olivier, she accuses Aube of wanting to break the strike. In an argument in front of all of the other girls, Aube slut-shames Charlotte. The girls decide to call off the whole sex strike. Shortly before Christmas, Charlotte goes to visit Léa, a single mother and Jouets Dépôt manager who has recently given birth. Léa assures Charlotte that she should not be ashamed about her sexuality and not allow petty gossip to depress her. Charlotte gives the money raised from the abstinence pledge ($2,000 in total) to Léa and her new baby.
Charlotte reconciles with Aube and Mégane, with Aube apologizing for calling Charlotte a “slut in a bad way” and Mégane apologizing to Aube for calling her a “virgin in a bad way.” The trio heads to a Christmas party where Mégane makes a serious announcement that stops everyone in their tracks—Charlotte is pregnant and does not know who the father is. After saying she will keep the baby, Charlotte reveals she is just joking about a pregnancy. Many of the employees have become involved with other employees — Aube with Olivier, Antoine with Émilie, and Francis with Mégane. Charlotte apologizes to Guillaume, who accepts her apology and says he is glad they can still be friends. Charlotte insists she wants to be more than friends, and after jokingly flirting with her, Guillaume kisses her. The film ends in a Bollywood-style holiday dance sequence.
