Ebby (Keenan Culkin Kieran Culkin) is a 17-year-old boy who is in a rebellious period and lives in a repressed family environment all the year round. Ebbie's father, Jason (Bill Pullman Bill Pullman) has severe schizophrenia, his mother Mimi (Susan Sarandon Susan Sarandon) is selfish and aloof and keeps calm by taking tranquilizers, and his brother is a complete political maniac who has lost his humanity. Yibi, who could no longer stand such a family atmosphere, decided to run away from home, but his resistance was soon suppressed by his mother, who sent him to two militarized schools in an attempt to get her son back on track. but it all ended in failure. In the end, Ebbie comes to the home of Godfather Bain (Jeff Gobren Jeff Goldblum). Bain is a successful businessman, and for the first time, Ebbie feels at home.