Lera is a sociology student at a small-town university. Her mother is a sleepwalker who believes in miracles, and her father just left the family for another woman. Lera has no idea how to make her life better. And one more thing: a spirit keeps visiting her dreams at night. And the harder Lera's life gets, the more often she has these dreams. That is, until the spirit steps in...
平凡的一天，名叫扎克利和伊森的小男孩在某公园内发生争执，前者用棍子将后者的嘴打破。这起不大不小的儿童纠纷，将两对本没有任何交集的夫妇拉到了一起。经营小百货商店的麦克·朗斯特里特（约翰·C·赖利 John C Reilly 饰）与身为作家的潘妮洛普（朱迪·福斯特 Jodie Foster 饰）是伊森的父母，他们在家中迎来扎克利的父母——律师艾伦·考温（克里斯托弗·沃尔兹 Christoph Waltz 饰）以及投资经纪人南希（凯特·温斯莱特 KateWinslet 饰）——的拜访。他们就孩子的伤害事件协商、
