The movie is based on a popular novel of the same name, and has been described as " The, a popular American novel by William F. Buckley, is a best-seller in the United States in the last decade and is widely praised by readers, critics, and critics of all kinds.

The film stars Tom Hanks as a wealthy American living in his lavish estate in Beverly Hills with his young love of his daughter, who's also a film star and has recently been married to an acclaimed Hollywood