In an effort to escape her murky past and build a better future, Olive (Milla Jovovich), a nomadic European con-artist, and her 10-year-old son Bobby (Spencer List), find themselves living in Oklahoma. Olive enrols him in school, makes him do his homework and tries her hardest to be a good mother, and with the help of old friend Walt (Rory Cochrane), Olive 'provides' for Bobby in the only way she knows how.

Despite her efforts, Bobby displays troubling behaviour both at his school and in their conservative neighbourhood. Things take a turn for the worse after Bobby's unfortunate run-in with local and wealthy businessman Kent (Bill Pullman), and Olive's criminal past finally catches up with her, forcing her to make the toughest judgment of all.