Taylor Peters (Matthew Broderick) is a television writer and producer working on a low-rated, little-respected half-hour sitcom. Once destined for bigger and better things, Taylor's compulsive gambling, recreational drug use and drinking all conspired to throw his career off the rails. After kicking the alcohol and drugs, he only has one more hurdle...the horses.

His beautiful twenty - year old niece Amanda (Brittany Snow) has her own habit to kick. Living in Las Vegas, working as a "dancer," her family has just discovered she is actually a prostitute, and they suspect hooking for drug money.

On their way home from an emergency family meeting, Taylor's wife Lorraine (Maura Tierney) finds recent racing stubs in Taylor's glove compartment. After years of standing by him, she leaves.

Taylor comes up with a plan: he'll win back his wife by doing the right thing. He'll go to Las Vegas, find Amanda, and deliver her to a rehabilitation center in Malibu. While he’s at it, he might even catch up with some old friends (like slimy casino host Steve Coogan). But besides that, it's strictly the business at hand while he's there, he vows, he won't gamble a single cent, but things don't turn out quite as he'd planned.

Directed by
Peter Tolan

Cast
Matthew Broderick - Taylor Mendon
Maura Tierney - Lorraine Mendon
Brittany Snow - Amanda
Bill Fagerbakke - Larry
Peter Facinelli - Greg
JP Manoux - Tony
Patrick Fischler - Kevin
Brecken Palmer - Larry's Twin #2
Bridger Palmer - Larry's Twin #1
Jennifer Rau - Whisper
Allie McCulloch - Eve
Tyler Tuione - TJ
Atticus Todd - Gene
Edward Carnevale - Beer Guy
Sam Vance - Bartender
Steve Coogan - Michael Henry

Production Co.
Capacity Pictures

Produced by
Wayne Rice
Leslie Tolan
Mark Benton Johnson
Richard Heller

Studio
Magnolia Pictures

Writer
Peter Tolan

Music
Christopher Tyng