After spending several years in a mental institution, Charlie (Michael Douglas) is sent home, reuniting him with his teenage daughter Miranda (Evan Rachel Wood). Charlie becomes obsessed with the notion that a long-lost Spanish treasure is buried underneath their local suburban California Costco. Disconnected from reality and his daughter"s life, Charlie"s erratic behaviour further strains their relationship and completely disrupts her peaceful existence. Initially skeptical, Miranda soon finds herself herself joining in Charlie"s questionable antics in an effort to believe her father and give him one last shot at accomplishing his dreams, in this darkly funny, exciting and suprisingly hopeful take on the modern family and the American Dream.