A riveting film about a talking cat who helps two families meet and live happily ever after. The daughter wants to go to business school; her uncreative brother can't obtain a scholarship; the mother leaves when her husband drops her hot cheese puffs. They meet up at a weird house the father owns. The parents get into a fight, and then the cat gets hit by a car and sustains a head injury. When the families are desperate, the cat reveals that he can talk and releases an orb that saves his life. This major plot twist brings the two families together.