Charlie Bradford, an aspiring filmmaker in his 30s, is doing the best he can to distance himself from the chaos of his childhood home. But his eccentric mother Linda, a compulsive hoarder who suffers from depression punctuated by spells of manic consumption, has a tendency to keep the people and things she loves close at hand. Charlie's younger sisters still live at home with Linda: Lisa, the older of the two has a history of petty theft and works as a home healthcare aid, and Penny, who is trying to overcome her agonizing shyness is starting a a new career as a home stager in a beleaguered real estate market.

私立学校的同志老师迈克尔（贾森·巴特内·哈勒 Jason Butler Harner 饰）出于善意对一个在学校受到霸凌的少年伸出援手，却被陷入财务窘境的少年家人指控性骚扰。校方选择站到他的对立面，邻居、朋友还有同事内心深处的恐同阴暗也悄悄浮出水面。他面临重罪指控以及失去工作、自由和家庭。别无选择的他决定反抗，但若干年前的秘密却无奈浮出水面…... 电影反向利用人们将同志与亵童划等号的扭曲世俗观，对人性做出深刻解剖。背景之所以设定在同志权益已经合法化的康涅狄格州，因为“哪怕法律赋予了权利，不代表人心和观念就此反转。美国中产阶级仍然充满各种妖魔化同志的偏见。”早期美国东部曾用绿色作为市民精神的象征，如今这抹代表公民良知和永远的颜色是否还在？