Suzanne Stone (Nicole Kidman) is a small town girl with a dream — to become a famous TV personality – a dream that becomes a nightmare when ambition turns into obsession. Disillusioned with her marriage to Larry (Matt Dillon), she immerses... See more herself in the pursuit of her career and manages to talk her way into a job at the local TV station.
She decides to produce a documentary about kids and enlists the help of three teenagers who seem to have little hope for the future: Jimmy (Joaquin Phoenix), Russell (Casey Affleck), and Lydia (Alison Folland). Together, they form a powerful and dangerous bond which threatens to blow the lid off of their seemingly idyllic suburban life forever.
