劳伦斯（丹尼斯·奎德 Dennis Quaid 饰）是一名要求严苛的中年教授，虽然心地善良，但他拒人千里的气质使得学生对其厌烦，儿子和女儿也日渐对其冷淡。自从妻子去世后，独自抚养两个孩子的他就变得更加烦躁和无奈。一天，劳伦斯意外从栅栏上摔下来，被送进了医院，并得知负责他康复的女医生珍妮特（莎拉·杰茜卡·帕克 Sarah Jessica Parker 饰）原来是他曾经教过的学生，不过他已经记不清楚了...
Gwen grows up with her romantic mother constantly telling her the story of her courtship and marriage to her father. Nick grows up with an alcoholic father who can't hold a job and whose family, as a ...
