Susan's brother and mother (Margo Martindale) inform her they are no longer paying her way, specifically excluding her from a family trip to Niagara Falls unless she can fund herself.

After a series of embarrassing public mishaps—including an incident that lands her on the local news—Susan begins to realize that her laziness is a defense mechanism and starts to take genuine, if clumsy, steps toward self-reliance. Movie Highlights Lazy Susan Movie Review - Common Sense Media

She enters a whirlwind romance with Phil (Jim Rash), the eccentric owner of an indoor trampoline park, who actually appreciates her obscure collage art.

Susan maintains a bitter, long-standing rivalry with Velvet (Allison Janney), a local Kmart assistant manager she has competed with since high school.