Sensitive family issues are addressed with some intelligence although lead Tyson is a rather dull mope. Ex-football player Johnny Dunn (Tyson) buys the bar in the small desert town of Jake's Corner, Arizona. His young nephew, Spence (Rodgers), can't remember the car accident that injured him and killed his parents and still thinks they are hospitalized. So Uncle John asks the quirky townsfolk to go along with the story until he can figure out a way to deal with the situation (and his own grief).