Michael Faraday (Jeff Bridges) and his 10 year old son, Grant (Spencer Clark) are both trying to come to terms with the loss two years earlier of Michael s wife, Grant s mother. When they befriend a family from across the road, things seems to get a little better for them. However, as the families become closer, Michael starts having misgivings about Oliver and Cheryl Lang ( Tim Robbins and Joan Cusack) , and begins investigating them. He soon realises that the Langs are definitely not who they claim to be...