Stockard Channing and Laura Dern star in this touching movie about a poor woman, Wanda and her husband, Al trying to give away their 5th child, as they can't afford it. Richard and Rachel have been trying to have a child for many years, failing misrably, so they resort to adoption and come across Wanda and Al, the trailer park couple who have a baby that they don't want.
It's a very sad movie, because Wanda and Al want to keep the baby, but they can barely afford the 4 they've already got. Richard and Rachel desperatly want a baby of their own, fearing that the trailer park couple are the wrong ones for them, as they keep asking for money an their living conditions aren't exactly suitable.