Milton (Oscar-winner Sir Ben Kingsley) lives a quiet life of routine in a small western Pennsylvania town. But all that changes when a UFO and its extra-terrestrial passenger crash land in his backyard. After futile attempts to notify the authorities he nurtures the weak humanoid inhabitant back to life until complications arise when fellow oldsters Sandy and Joyce join Milton in keeping the alien company. With nods to E.T. and Cocoon, director Marc (Puzzle) Turteltaub’s affecting charmer is as much about the burdens and loneliness of old age as it is about the joys of extraterrestrial bonding.