Stock market millionaire Chris Thorne (Chevy Chase) and investment lawyer Diane Lightson (Demi Moore) are headed to Atlantic City when they take the wrong exit off the New Jersey Turnpike. A local cop (John Candy) stops them for speeding in a curious town, where they're brought before 106-year-old Judge Alvin Valkenheiser (Dan Aykroyd). But the old man's punishment turns out to be as bizarre as he is.