The film stars Trieste Kelly Dunn as a former high school honors student who dropped out of college to return to her hometown of Pensacola, Florida to tend her ailing father.

Sunny gets a potent reminder of her current stasis when she gets word Isaac, who she always regarded as a rival in high school, is coming back to town for a visit.

Mark Olsen of Los Angeles Times noted that "Dunn brings an understated strength to the film's portrait of ambitions thwarted and reignited and the tension between responsibilities to one's family and to oneself.

"[6] Andy Webster of The New York Times wrote that Dunn was "smart and attractive [and] steadily, wordlessly conveys her character's internal struggle.

"[7] Steve Dollar of The Wall Street Journal stated that "Dunn carries Brooklyn-based director Brett Haley's debut with a face made for the subtle calibrations of emotional conflict.