Football comes second only to God in the small Nebraskan community that's home to Jason Prayer (Mark Webber). Unfortunately, Jason isn't that into football, and that means being ostracized by his schoolmates and much of the sports-obsessed community around him. Beaten down by his insular existence, Jason uses the local movie theater as an escape and a glimpse into the world outside of the heartland, until a stranger (Zooey Deschanel) turns his life upside down.