Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become his mentors, helping him discover the joys of friendship, music and love.

Discovering he has six months to live, a doctor begins meddling in the lives of six friends he thinks he can help before he dies -- and even as his efforts go awry, he keeps pushing his career, romance and personal advice in this wacky comedy.