Mr.

Green, an elderly, retired dry cleaner, wanders into New York traffic and is almost hit by a car driven by Ross Gardiner, a 29-year-old corporate executive.

The young man is sentenced to community service in which he must help the recent widower once a week for six months.

What starts as a comedy about two men who do not want to be in the same room together becomes a gripping and moving drama as they get to know each other, come to care about each other, and open old wounds they?ve been hiding and nursing for years.