迈克(保罗·吉亚玛提 Paul Giamatti 饰)是一名小镇律师,在帮一位老年痴呆症老头里奥(波特·杨 Burt Young 饰)打监护权官司时,阴差阳错自己成了里奥的监护人。光照顾老头还不够,里奥的外孙凯尔(阿历克斯·夏夫尔 Alex Shaffer 饰)又不期而 至,他因为和吸毒的母亲不和来投靠外公,迈克一家只好收留他,并安排他到附近高中念书。迈克同时还兼任该所高中摔跤队教练,很快发现凯尔是个很有天赋的摔跤手。局面似乎很“双赢”,里奥和凯尔得到生活上的照顾,迈克的队伍里多了个主力,每个月还有1500元监护收入补贴家用。
但平衡因为凯尔母亲辛迪(梅兰妮·林斯基 Melanie Lynskey 饰)到来而打破,她想夺回里奥的监护权,母亲来了,凯尔也没理由再和迈克一家生活在一起,但只有凯尔明白,他母亲对他和祖父丝毫没有关爱,一切目的只是祖父的钱
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