Between Us Girls

Carrie, a 20-year-old actress, travels from Detroit back to New York to visit her mother, Chris. The reunion reveals that Chris has a new boyfriend, Steve Forbes, and that she has told Steve Carrie is younger than she actually is. Carrie realizes that to help her mother, she may have to go along with the age deception.

Chris confesses the plan to keep Steve's interest by presenting Carrie as younger. She fears Steve would be impressed only if he believed she is a child rather than a grown woman. Carrie agrees to help, understanding the stakes for both of them.

To aid the ruse, Carrie disguises herself as a twelve-year-old girl, braiding her hair into pigtails and donning children's clothes. She acts immaturely as Steve and Jim Blake arrive, presenting the 'child' to the men. The disguise relies on Steve and Jim buying the illusion while the truth remains hidden.

Despite the disguise, Carrie and Jim are drawn to each other, complicating the deception. Jim has a girlfriend, but Carrie fabricates reasons to keep him near her, eventually causing his girlfriend to leave him. The growing closeness tests the limits of the plan.

During one outing, Carrie's hand is cut at an ice-cream parlor, and the injury threatens to reveal her true age to Jim. Carrie downplays the incident, insisting it was an accident and that age is just a number. The secret identity remains on the cusp of exposure.

In another escapade, Carrie drives a car recklessly and is arrested for speeding. She evades questions about her age, keeping up the pretense to protect the plan. The consequences of the deception begin to weigh on her.

The night before Carrie returns to Detroit, she and Chris go to a nightclub to celebrate. They run into Steve and Jim, and Carrie is reintroduced as Chris's adult sister rather than Steve's girlfriend. Jim begins to suspect something, though he can't prove it yet.

Jim finally recognizes the truth after seeing Carrie's hand scar. He confronts Carrie and leaves in anger. Carrie follows him to his car and explains the deception as he drives, trying to salvage the situation.

They stop by a lakeside, and Jim throws Carrie into the water as revenge, then drives off. The moment exposes the fragility of the deception and the risky consequences of their tangled feelings. The incident becomes a turning point for their relationship.

Later, Steve proposes marriage to Chris, and she finally explains the scheme, revealing that Carrie’s teenage persona was part of the plan. Steve processes the revelation, balancing his feelings with the complexity of the deception. The fallout of the ruse becomes a looming factor in everyone's decisions.

Meanwhile, Jim, realizing he loves Carrie, sneaks onto the Joan of Arc stage set disguised as a knight and proposes to her mid-scene. Carrie, still in character, accepts the proposal without breaking the act. The moment blends performance with genuine romance.

Carrie accepts Jim's proposal, choosing love despite the deception that started it all. The film closes on a note of uncertain happiness as they prepare to begin a life together, facing the consequences of their scheme and the future ahead.