It's Kramer vs. Kramer for a new generation when struggling lawyer Russell (Vince Vaughn) gets dumped by his wife, Kate (Monica Potter). Russell promptly packs it up (his baggage includes a 4-year-old son) and hikes it to Kansas, where he soon falls in love with a corn-fed "natural girl," Beth (Joey Lauren Adams). But things get stickier than a hayfield in August when Kate turns up wanting custody of her son.