When a grizzled Navy captain reluctantly retires from service due to health reasons, he discovers how truly dysfunctional his family has become in this downbeat family drama from director Alan Parker and screenwriter Mark Richard. Now stuck in the Chesapeake Bay with his daughter - a single, heroin-addicted mother (Charlize Theron) - the sailor finds his unexpected presence threatening to destabilize what is already an extremely volatile situation. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide