<span style="color:#333333;text-transform:none;text-indent:28px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial, 宋体, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline !important;white-space:normal;orphans:2;widows:2;background-color:#ffffff;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;">主人公是73岁的阿尔文·史特雷特</span><i style="color:#333333;text-transform:none;text-indent:28px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial, 宋体, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:italic;font-weight:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;orphans:2;widows:2;background-color:#ffffff;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;">（理查德·法恩斯沃斯饰）</i><span style="color:#333333;text-transform:none;text-indent:28px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial, 宋体, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline !important;white-space:normal;orphans:2;widows:2;background-color:#ffffff;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;">，阿尔文老得可不漂亮。他眼瞎得不能再开车了，走路还要靠两根拐棍。阿尔文和有智力障碍的女儿罗斯</span><i style="color:#333333;text-transform:none;text-indent:28px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial, 宋体, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:italic;font-weight:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;orphans:2;widows:2;background-color:#ffffff;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;">（希茜·史佩赛克饰）</i><span style="color:#333333;text-transform:none;text-indent:28px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial, 宋体, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline !important;white-space:normal;orphans:2;widows:2;background-color:#ffffff;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;">住在一起，过着平静朴素的生活，两人的休闲方式不是看电视，而是一块儿观看暴风雨和闪电。后来，阿尔文接到一个电话，得知他的弟弟莱尔</span><i style="color:#333333;text-transform:none;text-indent:28px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial, 宋体, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:italic;font-weight:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;orphans:2;widows:2;background-color:#ffffff;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;">（</i><i style="color:#333333;text-transform:none;text-indent:28px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial, 宋体, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:italic;font-weight:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;orphans:2;widows:2;background-color:#ffffff;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;">哈里·迪恩·史坦顿</i><i style="color:#333333;text-transform:none;text-indent:28px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial, 宋体, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:italic;font-weight:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;orphans:2;widows:2;background-color:#ffffff;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;">饰）</i><span style="color:#333333;text-transform:none;text-indent:28px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial, 宋体, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline !important;white-space:normal;orphans:2;widows:2;background-color:#ffffff;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;">得了中风。兄弟俩由于不合，已经十年没说过话了。阿尔文觉得该去看看他，解决一下两人的矛盾。阿尔文打算开着1966年产的老割草机，身上只带着50美元、一堆雪茄，就开着割草机，从依阿华出发前往威斯康星州了。 旅程中，阿尔文遇上了各种各样的人，有离家出走的怀孕少女，有二战退伍老兵，还有一个孤独的牧师.</span>