As the monster-host of a late night horror show, John (Danny DeVito) delights the neighborhood kids with his silly ghoulish antics but his embarrassed 12year-old son, Jack the Bear, is not amused. The other dysfunctional lunatics on the block and his monster crush on the cute girl at school (Reese Witherspoon) don't make things any easier for Jack. But when a family crisis hits, will Jack's dad be able to lift the grownup burden from his young son's shoulders?
Oscar nominee Gary Sinise and Seinfeld's Julia Louis-Dreyfus co-star in this funny, bittersweet look at the joys and pains of growing up.