 An oddball family on a Kansas farm are trapped in their farmhouse by an impending storm. The patriarch (Harry Dean Stanton) of the clan is a retired soda pop tycoon. He is currently dating a children s TV evangelist (Lois Chiles). Also living at the farm is his layabout daughter (Suzy Amis) and her precocious 8 year old daughter, his would-be artist son (Crispin Glover), the son s fiancee (Jenny Wright), and the black maid (Charlaine Woodard). Also thrown into the mix is the daughter s ex-husband (Dylan McDermott), a ne-er-do-well who is seeking to get back in his ex-wife s good graces.