身为一名颇有名气的乐评人,奥利(本·阿弗莱克 Ben Affleck 饰)在职场上可谓是风生水起,除了事业上的成功外,美丽的妻子和可爱的女儿格蒂(雷奎尔·卡斯特罗 Raquel Castro 饰)也让他觉得生活几近完美。可是,妻子的突然辞世让这些美好都成为了泡影,祸不单行,不久之后,情绪低落的奥利丢掉了原本收入颇丰的工作。无奈之下,奥利只得带着格蒂回到了位于新泽西的老家。 乡下宜人的风景和闲散的生活并没有治愈奥利受伤的心灵,反倒是格蒂感到如鱼得水,不仅仅是因为这里的好气候,更是因为从前忙碌的父亲如今有了更多的时间陪伴自己。机缘巧合之下,奥利遇见了名叫玛雅(丽芙·泰勒 Liv Tyler 饰)的女孩,而这珍贵的相遇终于让他明白了,究竟什么才是生命中最重要的东西。Ollie Trinkie is a publicist, who has a great girlfriend, Gertrude, whom he marries and they are expecting a baby but while he is looking forward to being a father, he doesn't lighten his workload. Gertrude gives birth but dies in the process. Ollie doesn't live up to his responsibilities as a father. Eventually the strain and pressure of losing his wife and being a father gets to him and he has breakdown, which leads to his termination. So with nothing much to do he tries to be good father to his daughter, Gertie. He also meets a young woman name Maya, who likes him but he is still not over his wife.