Joselyn has always had a strained relationship with her daughter Kelly. Both are jealous and competitive. Joselyn is on the edge of a nervous breakdown. She will do anything to get the funding to finish her documentary about a serial killer, even if that means relying on her cheating husband to loan her the money. Joselyn`s relationship with her husband, her camera man, and her daughter become even more strained when Kelly`s boyfriend, John, secretly starts working on the documentary. All of these interwoven relationships reach a breaking point when Joselyn asks John to come away with her for a month to work on the film. John is left to choose between his girlfriend and his girlfriend`s mom.