Chanel is living the high life until one day, while out shopping with her boyfriend DeAndre, they're both arrested. As Chanel finds herself behind bars for a crime she didn't commit, a judge places her under HOUSE ARREST. With nowhere to go, she is forced to move back in with her mother and daughter, who live on the ghetto side of town. While Chanel adjusts to her new lifestyle, DeAndre makes her a proposition from jail that will have her torn between her two lifestyles: take the blame or prove her innocence.
Em 1971, o cineasta Craig Gilbert (James Gandolfini) entra em contato com Pat Loud (Diane Lane), uma dona de casa, com o objetivo de mostrar ao público a realidade de uma família americana comum. Pat convence o marido, Bill Loud (Tim Robbins), a realizarem o programa. A família, que vive em Santa Bárbara, na Califórnia, tem seu cotidiano acompanhado por cinegrafistas. No entanto, diante das câmeras, em pouco tempo surgem problemas entre o casal.
