The last thing Eddie Mills (Larry Clarke) wants to do is go home to deal with his dying Dad (Brian Dennehy). But the Catholic guilt gnaws at him, and he returns home to his crazy family, an overbearing step-mother (Leslie Ann Warren) , and his bear of a father. Once there, Eddie is confronted with a revelation that forces him to deal with the past he has always avoided.。最让奈特(克里斯托弗·沃肯 Christopher Walken 饰)感到自豪的无疑是他那得天独厚的悭钱本领了,“五美元就能过一天”是他经常挂在嘴边的座右铭。令奈特感到万分遗憾的是他和儿子弗林(亚历桑德罗·尼沃拉 Alessandro Nivola 饰)之间的关系,除了“降到了冰点以下”外也找不到别的语句来形容了。一次不期而至的疾病让奈特打起了和弗林重修旧好的念头,无独有偶,此刻的弗林也正在经历他的人生低谷,就这样,两个郁闷的男人开着一辆破车踏上了求医之路。 一路上,奈特充分的贯彻了自己的人生原则——能省则省,这让弗林感到无法忍受,而在一连串的冲突和误会之间,父子二人的关系也渐渐的热络了起来。。