Roman Juniper, a husband and father of three, is forced to go work on the Saturday of his daughter's birthday. He intends to make it back home in time for cake, but a sharp turn of events leads his family to believe their patriarch is in grave danger.

When political turmoil forces a British-Caribbean dictator to flee his island nation, he seeks refuge and hides with a rebellious teenage girl in suburban America, and ends up teaching the young teen how to start a revolution and overthrow the "mean girls" in her high school.