Sandy Ricks is sent by his mom to Coral Key, a rustic island in the Florida keys, to spend the summer with his uncle Porter Ricks. Sandy dislikes everything about his new environment until a new friend comes into his life, a dolphin named Flipper, that brings uncle and nephew together and leads Sandy on the summer adventure of a lifetime.
A mother and daughter dispute is resolved by the "Yaya sisterhood" - long time friends of the mother.
Four small-time, two-bit character actors, all close friends, compete for the same important part in the next Martin Scorsese mob film.
