Nearly all pic's action takes place over a 24-hour period in a bar in a nameless northern New Jersey burg.
Suddenly, a once-regular customer, Joey Parker (Nick Chinlund), pops in unannounced. He has been absent from the local scene for seven years, and returns looking swanky in his black leather coat. Charlie and barmaid Rita (Debi Mazar), who's been carrying a torch for Joey all this time, assume that Joey has made it big in showbiz. Joey has apparently returned to propose to his old girlfriend Muriel (Kim Dickens). But she has become a low-life addict and hooker.

Nick Chinlund counters with an emotionally grounded characterization of a vulnerable man that marks a refreshing reverse from his performance as bad guys.

После семи лет отсутствия певец Джозеф Паркер возвращается в свой родной город и заходит на старую тусовку. Когда компания приятелей из бара обращается к ставшему знаменитым Джо с просьбой помочь их захиревшему заведению, то оказывается, что не все так просто.