妹妹被谋杀的噩耗让华特（艾什顿·库彻 Ashton Kutcher 饰）大受打击，终日沉浸在愤怒和悲哀中的他决定复仇。在小镇上，华特遇见了名为琳达（米歇尔·菲佛 Michelle Pfeiffer 饰）的美丽女人，没想到，在琳达的坚强背后也隐藏了一段与华特相似的悲惨遭遇。就是这样心怀伤痛的两人，他们相遇了，相爱了。 　　琳达的出现温暖了华特的心，而华特的存在不仅挽救了琳达，还令琳达的儿子克雷（Spencer Hudson 饰）找回了丢失多年的亲情，在华特的陪伴和开导下，他不再怨怼，不再愤怒。可是，昔日的伤痛不可能完全逝去，当灰暗的记忆再度卷土重来之时，这相依为命的三人能否紧紧抓住难能可贵的缘分？Walter, 24, is a wrestler, competing for a spot on the national team when he learns of his sister's brutal death. He comes home to help his mother; he works out, takes a dead-end job, and goes to the trial of the accused murderer. He becomes friends with Linda, her husband murdered; she's raising a teen son, Clay, who's deaf. Walter gets Clay into wrestling. He accompanies Linda to events at a center where she works. He sees her at the courthouse. They wait for verdicts. Walter's mother takes her daughter's things to a rummage sale. Clay has his father's pistol. How will grief express itself?