Overview: A high-schooler becomes good friends with a new, shy classmate who has just come with her family from Vietnam. Through their tightly-knit friendship she opens up, and he realizes the struggles that she and her family face as they adapt to American culture. Inspired by her compassion, the circumstances of being an outcast and the pressures of high school, he writes a song he titles "A Step Too Slow" and pulls off an incredibly emotional performance in front of their class. Their silence after he finishes is eventually broken by a classmate who initiates a sing-along to the catchy, warm, and heartfelt chorus.
Overview: A man named Don goes to the Missing Persons Bureau to find God.
Overview: A writer receives a visit from a familiar guest late at night, causing him to come to terms with the possibility of losing his cancer-stricken son.
Overview: A couple attends a marriage-encounter weekend to learn the joys of intimacy that they lack.
Overview: Aunt Carmella is very manipulative toward her nephew Frankie, who finally rebels.