Crime thriller directed by Mark Pellington and starring Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins and Joan Cusack. History professor Michael Faraday (Bridges) lives with his ten-year-old son Grant (Spencer Treat Clark) and is trying to come to terms with the death of his wife that occurred two years earlier. Life seems to be improving when they befriend the Langs, a new family that have moved into the neighbourhood. Mr Lang (Robbins) however, appears to be behaving strangely, and a series of lies makes Michael suspicious that all is not as it seems in their household.