Jack Slavin is an environmentalist who suffers from a heart disease and who lives with his daughter, Rose, on an isolated island in the Pacific. While Jack is fighting against developers who want to build in the region, he is also yearning for more touch with other human beings. His lover Kathleen and her boys Rodney and Thaddius are invited to move in with him, which causes Rose to get enraged. Things are challenging for everyone in the house because of intricate family dynamics.