In New York, a reunion with patron and friend Geoffrey Miller (Ian McKellen) for art dealers John Flanders Kittredge (Donald Sutherland) and Louisa Kittredge (Stockard Channing) starts an adventure. As the business dinner starts an injured young man enters their residence. He tells them a story that he had been just been held up in Central Park. And he asks for their aid. The young man introduces himself as Sidney Poitier’s son, Paul (Will Smith). He also claims to be a friend of the Kittredge’s son and daughter in Harvard. The duo invites him to settle for the night, only to discover that Paul is not everything he declared to be. Paul’s hidden truth starts to unfold as they investigate.