Laura Marshall (Linney) is an overzealous, evangelical Christian do-gooder who fills her home with down-and-out boarders, including a senile, cross-dressing murderous mute. Desperate to expand his horizons, Laura's shy teenage son Ben (Grint) lands a job tending to self-proclaimed Dame Evie Walton (Walters), an over-the-hill actress with the mouth of a drunken sailor and an insatiable lust for life. The battle for Ben's soul begins as Evie shanghais Ben away from his repressive roots and takes him on an adventure that transforms him from boy to man - almost over his raging mother's dead body
The world of a shy teenage boy from a repressive household changes when he starts to work for a retired actress.
