这部电影就是杰昆·菲尼克斯生活中看起来无序混乱一年的素描。它以一个不同寻常的时刻勾起了我们的回忆，即杰昆提名奥斯卡后，在2008年秋天宣布他退休拉开了这部特别的纪录片的序幕。他作为一个成功的电影演员的生涯宣告结束，而他继续以一个说唱歌手的形象演绎自己的人生，制造充满争 议的话题。这部电影反映了一个处于人生十字路口的艺术家的抉择，以及他探寻自己勇气与创造力的过程，当然，也包括这个过程中，反映到公众眼中的一个个真实的片段。In 2008 while rehearsing for a charity event, actor Joaquin Phoenix, with Casey Affleck's camera watching, tells people he's quitting to pursue a career in rap music. Over the next year, we watch the actor write, rehearse, and perform to an audience. He importunes Sean Combs in hopes he'll produce the record. We see the actor in his home: he parties, smokes, bawls out his two-man entourage, talks philosophy with Affleck, and comments on celebrity.