Daniel (Mel Gibson) is a 1939 test pilot whose girlfriend, Helen, falls into a coma. Daniel asks his friend Harry (George Wendt), a scientist working with cryogenics, to freeze him so he doesn't have to watch Helen suffer. Fast-forward 53 years. Two boys are playing and find the freezing unit. They discover Daniel and take him home to their single mom (Jamie Lee Curtis). A relationship grows between them … until Daniel learns that Helen is alive.