Sidney! Sidney! Sidney!

Seventeen-year-old Lou walks into his bedroom one day and decides he doesn't want to leave. With four years of college looming ahead a world out of control and his mom about to sell SeaView the boarding house they own and live in he wants to avoid life. In short everything that is outside of his room is now the enemy.</p>Lou shuts off his computer unplugs his television and puts his iPod in the attic. With nothing to listen to but an old radio from his grandmother he stays locked in his room for weeks refusing to see anyone even his girlfriend Betty Jo. One evening Lou calls a radio talk show hosted by Big John and introduces himself as Sidney-and his alter ego is born.</p>Soon ending Sidney's self-isolation becomes Big John's quest. The radio station holds a contest to find the best idea to lure Sidney out of his room; the winner gets a trip to Hawaii. As the radio audience becomes more familiar with Sidney's crusade some cheer and others jeer. But even though Sidney tries to keep life out of his room it manages to sneak in at the most unexpected moments.</p>