Ruth (Melanie Lynskey), a socially awkward nursing assistant, has a bad start to her day when one of her patients dies. When she returns home, she realizes she has been burgled. She is embarrassed to report to the police that the thief has stolen anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medication along with her grandmother's silverware and a laptop. When she asks Detective William Bendix (Gary Anthony Williams) for advice, he chastises her for leaving her door unlocked. Convinced the police will be no help, she goes door-to-door, asking if her neighbors have seen anything suspicious. One of them, a heavy metal fan named Tony (Elijah Wood), becomes enraged that someone would target a neighbor. Frightened by his aggressive reaction, Ruth leaves. She later returns to seek Tony's assistance after the police decline to follow up on a mobile app that reveals the location of her laptop. Ruth and Tony go to the location, where a man accidentally knocks himself out in a confrontation with Tony, and Ruth intimidates the owner into returning her laptop. He reveals he bought it from a pawnbroker. After getting the pawnbroker's address, Ruth and Tony celebrate their victory by getting drunk and dancing. Investigating further the next morning, Ruth finds her grandmother's silverware and a man whose shoe matches a print left in her yard. Ruth gets into a scuffle with the pawnbroker when he demands she pay for the stolen silverware. After he breaks her finger, Tony knocks him unconscious, and they flee.
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