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Minor league baseball player and aspiring writer Carlton Garrett (Justin Timberlake) is the son of a baseball legend, Kyle Garrett (Jeff Bridges). Carlton's mother Katherine (Mary Steenburgen) is quite ill in a Houston hospital with a heart defect but she steadfastly refuses to have surgery until she can see her ex-husband, Kyle. Carlton has tried to contact his father before to no avail so he sets off with his gal pal Lucy (Kate Mara) to fly to a baseball fan-con to find his dad.
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Kyle is quite cool toward Carlton and when he learns the reason Carlton has hunted him down Kyle agrees to travel to Houston. But at the airport, Kyle is unable to board the plane because he claims he "lost" his ID. To Carlton this symbolizes yet another rejection but he does manage to persuade Kyle to fly back to Houston with the young couple. To Kyle's dismay, the trio ends up setting off in a rental car. But enroute, Kyle manages to do whatever he can to get out of the trip..
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Meanwhile, the relationship between Carlton and Lucy is revealed. They're best friends. They actually love each other but Carlton is afraid to commit -- obviously a result of his sense of abandonment by his own father.
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Can the dysfunctional father-son relationship be healed? Can the young couple find a way to move on with their relationship?.
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Also appearing in small roles are Harry Dean Stanton as Katherine's father; Ted Danson as Carlton's coach; and Lyle Lovett as a bartender..
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Written and directed by Michael Meredith.
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Run time: 1 hour, 30 minutes.
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Rated PG-13.
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My personal rating: B
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