Fred Schepisi directs various members of the Douglas clan in this comedy-drama centring on the Gromberg family. Alex Gromberg (Michael Douglas) is a successful business-man who, despite being in his middle-age, still lives under the shadow of his attorney father, Mitchell (Kirk Douglas). When Mitchell suffers a debilitating stroke, he & Alex decide to try & mend their relationship, encouraged by Alex's wife Rebecca (Bernadette Peters), a psychologist, & his mother Evelyn (Diana Douglas). Meanwhile, Alex is also trying to mend his relationship with his two sons; aspiring DJ Asher (Cameron Douglas) & eleven-year-old Eli (Rory Culkin). This was the first time father & son, Kirk & Michael Douglas, had acted together.