please call dad

Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.

Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.