Disgruntled university professor Phil (Peter Dinklage) dreams of living in his own house and writing his novel, but finds the economics of that unreachable . . . until a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity comes his way. A lonely widow (Shirley Maclaine) offers up her sprawling estate for pennies and he’ll inherit the whole thing as soon as she passes! However when he moves in, Phil quickly learns that she hasother plans for him . .