Paul Aufiero (PATTON OSWALT), a
35-year-old parking garage attendant from Staten Island , is
the self-described "world's biggest New York Giants fan." He
lives at home with his mother (MARCIA JEAN KURTZ), spending
his off hours calling in to local sports-radio station 760
The Zone, where he rants in support of his beloved team,
often against his mysterious on-air rival, Eagles fan
Philadelphia Phil (MICHAEL RAPAPORT). His family berates him
for doing nothing with his life, but they don't understand
the depth of his love of the Giants or the responsibility
his fandom carries. One night, Paul and his best friend Sal
(KEVIN CORRIGAN) spot Giants star linebacker Quantrell
Bishop (JONATHAN HAMM) at a gas station in their
neighborhood. They impulsively follow his limo into
Manhattan , to a strip club, where they hang in the
background, agog at their hero. Paul cautiously decides to
approach him, stepping into the rarefied air of football
stardom -- and things do not go as planned. The fallout of
this chance encounter brings Paul's world crashing down
around him as his family, the team, the media and the
authorities engage in a tug of war over Paul, testing his
allegiances and calling into question everything he believes
in. Meanwhile, the
Giants march toward a late-season showdown with the Eagles,
unaware that sometimes the most brutal struggles take place
far from the field of play.
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