In the cutthroat world of academia, securing tenure is a battle for survival. Luke Wilson stars as Charlie Thurber, a likable but perpetually anxious English professor at a modest college whose chances for a permanent position hinge on one final review. His fragile hopes are upended when the brilliant and charismatic Elaine Grasso (Gretchen Mol) is hired, instantly becoming the front-runner for the single tenured spot. As Charlie navigates a minefield of eccentric colleagues, including his conspiracy-theorist best friend (David Koechner) and a bizarrely competitive department head (Andrew Daly), he resorts to increasingly desperate and hilariously misguided schemes to prove his worth. This sharp-witted comedy from writer-director Mike Million delivers a laugh-out-loud look at the absurd pressures of professional life, where the quest for job security becomes an all-out war of awkward maneuvers and academic one-upmanship.