Plot: Travelling the country to interview kids about their lives, fears, and what they think about the future, grizzled radio journalist Johnny hasn't spoken to his semi-estranged sister Viv for months. However, when Viv needs to go to Northern California to deal with her ex-husband Paul, for once, Johnny steps in and offers to come out to Los Angeles to look after her precocious nine-year-old son Jesse. And, as the cool uncle and his inquisitive nephew embark on a long journey from New York to New Orleans, little by little, their bond deepens, discovering different aspects to themselves, one conversations no at a time. But is Johnny fit for parenting??
Alternative Plot: Johnny (Joaquin Phoenix) and his young nephew (Woody Norman) forge a tenuous but transformational relationship when they are unexpectedly thrown together in this delicate and deeply moving story about the connections between adults and children, the past and the future, from writer-director Mike Mills.
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