 A bored wife (Susan Sarandon), who is planning to run away from her minister husband (Jay O. Sanders), is taken hostage in a bank robbery. However, she sees the thrill in being involved in the chase and becomes an accomplice to helping the younger robber (Stephen Dorff) escape his pursuers. As things progress, she learns he pulled the robbery to get enough money to help his pregnant girl friend (Elisabeth Moss) leave a home for unwed mothers. The two have a brief flirtation, but it is clear the housewife just needs something to enliven her life.