Academia meets street smarts when Monty Kessler (Brendan Fraser), a graduate student struggling to finish his program, is convinced his thesis will have him graduate with honors from Harvard University and finds himself at the mercy of a homeless man’s demands when he holds the papers hostage.
Best buddies Gus and Joe eagerly anticipate another quiet, relaxing fishing trip to Florida. But their adventure takes a turn for the worse when they cross paths with a smooth-talking con man who makes off with Joe’s car.
Two teenage boys from New York are travelling down south when a series of coincidences lands them in jail charged with first degree murder. One of their cousins, an inexperienced, loudmouth lawyer not accustomed to Southern rules and manners, comes in to defend them.
A mob hitman recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa.