It's your average boy-meets-drag-queen-next-door story. A conservative, blue-collar retired cop (Robert De Niro) suffers a traumatic stroke. For help in his recovery, he's forced to ask for singing...

It's your average boy-meets-drag-queen-next-door story. A conservative, blue-collar retired cop (Robert De Niro) suffers a traumatic stroke. For help in his recovery, he's forced to ask for singing lessons from his neighbor Rusty (Philip Seymour Hoffman), who happens to enjoy dressing like a woman and is saving money for a sex-change operation. You just know these two are going to have issues.