Three children are living happily with their grandmother when one day a meteorite lands in their back yard. The children believe this meteor to be a message from their dead parents, and are distraught when the government takes the meteor for scientific examination. The children try to get the meteor back, and along the way meet a kindly scientist (Alfred Molina! Yay!) and get tangled in their parent’s friend who is a drug addict and is heavily in debt.