Walter (Kevin Bacon), a convicted child molester, finds that his friends and family have abandoned him with the exception of his brother-in-law (Benjamin Bratt). He gets a job at a lumber mill, where he meets Vicki (Kyra Sedgwick). He must deal with the temptations around him, including a nearby playground and a young bird-watcher in the woods, as well as the appearance of a man whom he suspects is a fellow pedophile.