Eleven-year-old Timmy (Macaulay Culkin) is about to be reunited with his ex-con father (Ted Danson), who he has not seen for years. Unfortunately he arrives to witness dad, now a pastry chef, preparing for one last heist to set him up for life. However, once the theft has taken place, Timmy hides the booty, & blackmails his father into spoiling him rotten in return for telling him the loot's whereabouts.