A recently widowed retired aeronautical engineer moves into a retirement community in the New Mexico desert because his late wife chose it and the company enforces a contract he co-signed. He is initially grumpy and resentful, snapping at family and others around him. His attitude improves after meeting a neighbor known for relentless good humor and generosity, who introduces him to a close-knit group of residents. The community includes a retired doctor with terminal prostate cancer and other retirees with distinct backgrounds. Tension grows when the engineer is attacked by a former occupant with advanced dementia who claims there is an owl in the walls and accuses him of being involved.
"Sam Cooper (Alfred Molina) is a recently widowed, retired aeronautical engineer who (very) reluctantly moves into The Boroughs retirement community. It was his late wife's choice to move there, and the company refuses to let him out of the contract he co-signed when Lilly (Jane Kaczmarek) was still alive. So he's grumpy about the whole arrangement, snapping at his long-suffering daughter, Claire (Jena Malone) and pretty much anyone else who crosses his path."
"Sam's attitude softens when he meets his neighbor Jack (Bill Pullman), whose relentless good humor and generosity has made him a favorite in the community (especially with the ladies). Jack introduces Sam to his inner circle: Art and Judy (Clarke Peters and Alfre Woodard); retired doctor Wally (Denis O'Hare), who has terminal prostate cancer; and retired music manager Renee (Geena Davis). Sam decides to stay, despite the fact that he was attacked by one of the former occupants of his house, Edward (Ed Begley, Jr.)."
"Edward (Ed Begley, Jr.), who suffers from advanced dementia and keeps insisting there is an "owl in the walls," accusing Sam of being "one of them.""
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