This Movie-of-the-week stars Austin Butler as Cody Weible, a junior in high school who, after getting a laptop for his birthday, ends up a victim of vicious insults and false stories heaped on him by several students. Cody, who had been a straight-A student and a star of his hockey team develops a change of personality and attitude as a result of the bullying. Marcia Cross co-stars as his widowed mom Mary. Also featured are Kevin Dunn as the hockey team's coach, Heather Paige Kent as Lori Soens, a special education teacher whose attempts to help Cody end up hurting him, Kim Dickens as his homeroom teacher, and James Sikking as the principal Richard Lacey.

Also appearing are Sage Testini as Cody's best friend and teammate Reed Dennison, Mackenzie Porter as Ilene Morrow, Aren Buchholz, William Tims and Keely Purvis as Cody's tormentors Scott Harmon, Paul Buckelew, and Darla Emmons, respectively, and Kelcie Stranahan as Allison, Cody's younger sister.