[4][5] The film opens to a seemingly domestic scene involving Mat (Josh Lucas), his girlfriend Andrea (Lucy Owen) and her son from a previous relationship.

Meanwhile, Alan (Stephen Plunkett) and his girlfriend Farrah (Mickey Sumner) are caught up in conversation in the aftermath of an ill-fated sexual encounter, preparing for a house party in their small Harlem brownstone apartment.

Later in the evening, Earl (Austin Pendleton), a friend of Mat and Alan's father, arrives at the party escorted by a significantly younger, attractive Korean filmmaker.

Earl regales the party guests with stories of his adventures in the late 1970s along with Mat and Alan's father including a threesome sexual encounter.

After injuring his foot on the broken shards of a jar he had dropped earlier, summons his girlfriend Andrea and the two apparently reconcile as she tends to his injury.

The film closes and we see that Alan and Farrah are continuing to live together several months later however their interactions appear icy and distant.

[2][12][13] The film's script is noted for its "good ear for conversational dialogue [and] a real knack for creating a lived-in vibe".

[14] The Hollywood Reporter called the film "a convincing and refreshingly indirect examination of handed down emotional flaws" and noted that "Josh Lucas offers one of his strongest performances to date.

"[2] Also held out for praise was the film's "edgy vibe enhanced by the string section performing Judd Greenstein and Michi Wiancko's modernist score.