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A lonely man finds friendship in the last location he expected in this gentle comedy from writer/director Ed Simpson. A serious man without having friends to speak of, Joel Bixby (John Cariani) moves to a small town and strikes up a friendship with vociferous senior Leo Applegate (Edward Asner). As soon as Leo invites Joel to join a smaller group of men who regularly gather in a smaller room to exchange stories, Joel sees it being a good opportunity to come out of his shell. But the far more time that Joel spends on the group, the clearer it becomes that he was chosen to fill the space left by a dearly departed member who is deeply missed by his old friends. Regardless, the anxious newcomer gradually gets a lot more comfortable with his new circle of friends, which includes not just fast-food loving Leo but the comfortably feminine Dink (Jack Kehler), spiritually conflicted former cleric Perry Elephant Sighs 2012(David Wells), and mercurial Nick (Mark Fite), an out-of-work local whos convinced his greatest days are behind him. More than the course of their regular meetings some thing incredible happens to reclusive Joel he finally realizes that even lifes biggest difficulties dont glimpse really so bad as soon as youve got close friends to fall back on within your time of need.