A depressed man, Doug (Rhys Darby), nurses an injured duck back to health, and falls for a pretty veterinarian while struggling to get back on his feet following a nasty break-up. Freshly dumped by his longtime girlfriend Susan (Faye Smythe), Doug falls into a miserable cycle of self-pity until the day he encounters Pierre – a wounded duck that’s made a home on his roof. Pierre can’t fly, but with the help of a whimsical bird specialist Holly (Sally Hawkins), Doug determines to get the grounded duck back up in the air, and his love life back in order.