In this film adaptation of her well received one-woman stage show, actress Julia Sweeney chronicles the comically disastrous year of her life in which both she and her brother Michael were diagnosed with rare forms of cancer and were forced to move back in with their parents. Sweeney's ability to find hope and humor in the darkest parts of her life earned her a Grammy nomination in 1996 for the Broadway version of the show. The film features a cameo with producer Quentin Tarantino.