David Schwimmer stars as DUANE HOPWOOD a down-on-his-luck divorced father who works the night shift as a pit boss at Ceasars Palace in Atlantic City. Heartsick about the demise of his marriage to Linda (Janeane Garofalo) and the subsequent disintegration of their family Duane s life is in a tailspin. When his visitation rights are threatened after he s caught driving while intoxicated Duane is forced to confront the realisation that the time has come to get his life back on track before he loses everything. It is a moving humorous and often outrageous look at the limits of unconditional love what defines a family and how we re all responsible for our own happiness.