As a boy, Dennis Sweeny was a bright, introverted square peg who grew up in the shadow of his popular, outgoing older brother Nick. Now, years later, as an extremely successful business executive, and with his beautiful girlfriend Jennifer on his arm, Dennis has chosen his hometown of Hyperion, California, as the site for his company's new high-tech computer facility to resurrect the town's dying economy. Meanwhile, for big brother Nick, everything has changed for the worse since high school -- he's no longer the football star, the family business is failing, his storybook marriage to Amy is over, and suddenly Dennis has unseated him as the prodigal son.