When a new kid named Cory moves to town, he's picked on by the school bullies. To protect himself, he doesn't use his fists-he uses his brain instead! He scares the bullies off by fibbing that his father is a hit man for the mob. Word quickly spreads around and gets the attention of the REAL mobsters in town, too. Now his dad has the problem! As shenanigans between the family and the mobsters ensue, Cory must find a way to make things right.
A father and son run a rickety used car lot in Southern California. The old man and his boy are left overs from a bygone era of Americana.
Evan, an orphaned 22-year-old who grew up in the foster care system, buys a vintage 8mm camera in a yard sale from an elderly man, ends up with reels of the man's old home movies, and begins to live vicariously through these home movies.
Keaton, a thirty-something former bachelor, is stuck in limbo. His ex-girlfriend (who he's still in love with) just gave birth to his son, his current girlfriend is saying 'it's her or me,' and he's stuck in Tennessee at his grandpa's funeral with his crazy southern family.