Tim (Adam Horovitz) is all of 16 when he is sentenced to juvenile prison. And this happens while his mother Felicia (Celia Weston) is on honeymoon with her second husband. Felicia returns home and places Tim in a private adolescent mental hospital. Sadly, none of the doctors there care about their young patients – except for Dr. Charles Loftis (Donald Sutherland). Will the kind old doctor be...

Tim (Adam Horovitz) is all of 16 when he is sentenced to juvenile prison. And this happens while his mother Felicia (Celia Weston) is on honeymoon with her second husband. Felicia returns home and places Tim in a private adolescent mental hospital. Sadly, none of the doctors there care about their young patients – except for Dr. Charles Loftis (Donald Sutherland). Will the kind old doctor be able to get through to Tim's pain and feeling of neglect?