Van Wilder to towarzyski i niesamowicie popularny student w Collidge College przez siedem lat. Ostatnie trzy lata spędził na planowaniu imprez oraz pomaganiu innym. Kiedy ojciec Vana nie widzi postępów w nauce syna postanawia wstrzymać płacenie czesnego.

Trapped in her own doll-like existence, Faith dreams that one day she can be a real mother to her daughter Nell she abandoned seven years ago. But time has run out. Her sister Eris can no longer keep the child. Her boyfriend Mance won't play father to a rape child. The girl is to be adopted. Desperate to save her dream, Faith takes her daughter into her dollhouse fantasy world, where bad things never happen. But she can't keep reality out. Nell wants a real mother. Mance thinks she's going mad. Eris thinks it's all an act. As the dollhouse reveals itself as thin veil covering the terrors of her past, Faith has to face her pain or be condemned to a life of shame.