Historien om de fem overbeskyttede Lisbon-søstre, der bor i en ærke-amerikansk 70’er-forstad. Kvarterets drenge er dybt betagede af pigerne, men må hjælpeløst se på, mens pigerne bliver mere og mere isolerede, altimens deres fascination af dem bare vokser. I sidste ende må søstrene tage drastiske skridt for at slippe væk fra forældrenes kvælende greb.

Follows the story of a group of high school teenagers and their parents as they attempt to navigate the many ways the internet has changed their relationships, their communication, their self-image, and their love lives.

Hun blev født i Detroit… på en bilfabrik. Men hun var ikke en helt almindelig bil. Dybt under hendes karosseri, levede noget overnaturligt. Hun er Christine – en rød og hvid Plymouth furie fra 1958, hvis unikke standard udstyr er indeholdt en ondskab der tager grusom hævn over alle der kommer i vejen for hende. Christine lokker den 17-årige Arnie Cunningham, som bliver tiltrukket af hendes velplejede runde former og skinnende kromudstyr. Hun kræver Arnie’s uforbeholdne hengivenhed, og da fremmede prøver at komme imellem dem, bliver de ofre for Christine’s ondskabsfulde vrede.

Alex, blind since the age of two, dreams of running for his school's cross-country team. His father, a probation officer, finds a running partner who spends his time 'running' from the law.

Paula Tobias, a Holocaust survivor who has suffered the ultimate personal tragedy of losing her spouse and children during the Nazi occupation of World War II. Now re-married and living in America during the late 1960's with husband David, they build a new life together with sons Ben and Jake. One evening, Paula receives a phone call which assures her that her son, Alec, is actually alive and in New York. This brings up painful memories from the past for everyone involved, including Ben and Jake, who force their father to talk about the Holocaust. Paula rushes to New York only to find that it was a mistake - Alec was never found. She falls into a dramatic depression, as the family confronts their fears and tries to stay together.

Proper parents who treat their adult children as teenagers have a son who wants to go to Paris to study art, and a daughter in love with a married man.

Catherine, a rebellious pre-teen who has been deeply affected by her parents’ divorce, plays a game which involves crossing a dangerous road with her eyes closed. She becomes friends with the girl next door, the quiet Ariane, to the consternation of Ariane’s father, David. Although he appears to be a model father, David is in fact obsessed by the need to protect his daughter. As such, he tries – unsuccessfully – to prevent Ariane from coming under Catherine’s bad influence. Ariane takes up smoking, starts telling lies, and begins to explore her sexuality. While Catherine’s mother attempts to seduce the handsome, and single, David, he sets a trap for Catherine. For Catherine, living dangerously is no longer a game, and she has to summon all her strengths in order to survive.