Robert Axle (Kevin Spacey of AMERICAN BEAUTY, HORRIBLE BOSSES), an eccentric inventor-turned-egomaniacal-infomercial-guru, loses it all when one of his inventions maims thousands of customers. After 8 years in prison, Axle is ready to resume his life and, more importantly, redeem his name and rebuild his billion-dollar empire. But first he must convince his estranged 22-year-old daughter (Camilla Belle of PUSH, FROM PRADA TO NADA) to let him live...

Henry is LA's top celebrity psychiatrist, but disillusioned with both his career and personal life, hope of salvation comes from his first pro bono case with a troubled teenage girl.

When tragedy strikes, Quoyle and his daughter move from New York to his ancestral home in a small Newfoundland fishing village. With a job at the local paper and a developing romance, he is transformed by this place of magic, beauty and hardship.

An unfortunate cat burglar becomes trapped in a fate worse than jail when he takes a bickering couple and their annoying relatives hostage. His only hope for survival is to act as their referee and resolve their differences.

A study in the duality of man. Even after thousands and thousands of years, mankind still can't get along with each other, the animals, or the environment, despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy and religion.