When the wife of sports-writer Joe Warr dies of cancer, he takes on the responsibility of raising their 6-year-old son, and his teenage son from a previous marriage. As Joe rejects the counsel of his mother-in-law and other parents, he develops his own philosophies on parenting.

A sheep-rancher's son aspires to win a music conservatory scholarship, but to apply he needs musicians who can play his music. Circumstances lead him to form a band out of prison inmates.

In a movie where kids determined "what happened next", be prepared to indulge in a - Capricious, Idiosyncratic, and Facetious Odyssey...Look It Up! Join Joel, Erica, Titus, Mike and Alison as they set aside their textbooks and embark on a journey that will teach them the most valuable lesson of all, proving that when it comes to extracurricular activities, geeks do it better!