Yosemite

It's the fall of 1985 in the sunny suburbs of Palo Alto, California, and the threat of an aggressive mountain lion infringing on the city limits looms over the community. Chris, Joe and Ted are all fourth grade classmates who spend their time reading comics, exploring the neighborhood, playing video games, and giving each other a hard time. We dip in and out of their lives, watching Chris and his little brother hike in Yosemite with their father (James Franco), breaking sticks, fighting, and climbing rocks. Joe gets caught stealing bubble gum at the corner store and makes an unexpected new friend out of Henry, a 20-something comic book enthusiast who bails him out. Ted's father is an insomniac, and spends his nights in internet chat rooms, and when Ted's cat goes missing, his father creates a message board for the ghosts of family pets to communicate. All three boys come together with one common, and unrealistic, goal: to hunt and kill the mysterious mountain lion that's been threatening their town.