Izzy(RobinTunney)isastrugglingyoungphotographer.Peter(JoelEdgerton)isanassistantprofessorinLosAngeles.Newlyengagedandmadlyinlove,theyfindtheircozyworldshatteredbyarandomactofviolence.Theirrespectiveparents,theidiosyncraticArlene(CybillShepherd)andsportswriterJohn(ElliottGould),andPeter'smercurialfather,Eddie(ScottWilson),weavetheirwaythroughtheirchildren'slivesanditsoonbecomesclearthatirrevocablelosseshavetouchednotonlyIzzyandPeter,buttheirentirecircleofrelationships.Long-hiddenemotionsrisetothesurfaceasthetraumaturnsintoacomplextestofIzzyandPeter'srelationship.