Charlie (Brendan Frasier) is an obese gay man on the verge of heart failure. He lives a sullen, hidden, life teaching online students to be better writers behind the façade of a broken webcam. The only regular visitors to his apartment are his housekeeper Liz (Hong Chau), and random interlopers including stray birds, the pizza delivery guy and a missionary named Thomas (Ty Simpkins). Later his daughter Ellie (Sadie Sink) stops in and provides the catalyst for the film: Charlie wants to make amends for the time lost between them before he dies and Ellie wants to vent her angst and anger over Charlie abandoning her and her mother over Charlie’s gay affair. Charlie’s self inflicted obesity is more than meets the eye tho, as all of the characters have hidden traumas and motives behind who they are and how they see the world. Ultimately Charlie’s internal optimism will be put to trial against the demons he carries with him.
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