Plot: Jim runs out of money in New York and returns to the small Indiana town he grew up in. He doesn't enjoy being around his family and doesn't want to help out at the family business. After his brother ends up in a coma, he is forced to help out at the ladder factory his parents run. He meets his Uncle Stacey who is using the plant to disguise his drug dealing. Jim meets a beautiful nurse with a precocious son and starts a unsteady romance. Love and patience eventually help him to find some happiness in life.
Alternative Plot: After failing to find success as a writer in New York City, Jim (Casey Affleck) slinks back to his family's home in the Midwest to lick his wounds. But his visit is quickly complicated when his angst spreads to his brother, Tim (Kevin Corrigan), who promptly decides to drive his car straight into a tree. Under the shadow of his sibling's injurious actions, Jim strikes up an unlikely friendship with Anika (Liv Tyler), whose centered small-town wisdom gradually rubs off on him.
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