美国某个小镇,貌不惊人的小老头尤金·范·温格特(斯科特·格林 Scott Glenn 饰)正坐在餐厅里喝着咖啡,这时他敏锐地发现一个年轻人正在盯着他。弗兰西斯试图悄然离去,谁知竟在外面遭到青年的攻击。青年自称约翰(克里斯·科伊 Chris Coy 饰),他指出弗兰西斯就是20年前涉嫌杀害17名年轻女性、最终因证据不足而无罪释放的连环杀人犯弗兰西斯·艾伦·维瑟。约翰声称是弗兰西斯的狂热粉丝,希望能拜入老头门下学习杀人技巧。疯狂的青年不惜杀害一名年轻女性作为自己的应聘证书,而看在这份不输于自己的狂热份上,弗兰西斯竟然答应将约翰纳入门下。
只不过约翰那不羁的外表下,似乎还隐藏着什么不为人知的秘密……
When Will Ferrell finds out his close friend of 30 years is coming out as a trans woman, the two decide to embark on a cross-country road trip to process this new stage of their relationship in an intimate portrait of friendship, transition, and America.
Isolated on the fringes of a soulless metropolis, Catherine survives on scraps of translation work. But a mysterious client offers a lucrative job, and an opportunity for Catherine to indulge in her malformed and incompatible desires.