Charley is a surgeon who's recently lost his wife. He embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with one woman after another until he meets up with Ann, a singular woman, closer to his own age, who immediately and unexpectedly captures his heart.
杰瑞（杰克·尼爾森 Jack Nicholson 飾）是一位精明強(qiáng)干的警官，他任職期間，一非常惡劣的幼女殺案轟動了整個界。在死去的女的母親的強(qiáng)烈哀之下，杰瑞加班點(diǎn)的追查案件的種線索，終于在案之前逮捕了名托比（本尼西?德爾·托羅 Benicio Del Toro 飾）的嫌犯。最終托比被判有罪鋃入獄。 雖然案件看似告終，但瑞的內(nèi)心里始終得有一些不對勁他來到了案發(fā)地達(dá)華州的一座小內(nèi)，買下了路邊一間加油站，駐在此地繼續(xù)尋找索。在此過程中他結(jié)識了單身母洛瑞（羅賓·萊 Robin Wright 飾）和她的女兒?
