威尔（比尔·米尔纳 Bill Milner 饰）是个寂寞的乖小孩，他被家里管得很严，没什么朋友，又因宗教因素被严格限制娱乐，只能靠画画打发时间。偶然的机会，威尔结识了学校的“问题学生”卡特（威尔·保尔特 Will Poulter 饰），带着威尔进入另一个崭新世界，卡特第一次给他 看了电视，带他作恶，还要他帮忙拍短片，完成自己的导演梦想。善良单纯的威尔成了卡特的小跟班，也渐渐开始发现摄影机的妙处，尽情发挥自己的想象力，但少年人的友谊总会埋下许多不安定因素，随着一个法国交换生的出现，似乎威尔和卡特的关系出现了裂痕……
Eager to land a journalistic position, Adam White goes to work as an advice-giving newspaper columnist. His editor, Shrike, takes pleasure in browbeating his alcoholic wife Florence for her past adultery, and assigning his employees journalistic jobs for which they have little aptitude or interest. Shrike goads Adam into meeting one of his correspondents, Fay Doyle, a teary, self-pitying woman who makes a play for him. Adam is torn between his loyalty to the newspaper and his girl Justy.
