Rookie police officer Will (Simish Patel) and his rogue partner Terry (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) accidentally discover a million dollars at a crime scene (of their own making), turning the town they live in upside down. After the two men ill-advised decisions to steal the money, residents in the community are attracted to compete for the money, and everyone from the pregnant mother (Lily James) to the physical therapist (Simon Rex) to the shrimp company owner (Tim Blake Nelson) learns how much they have sacrificed for the money.