Casey Affleck plays Jim, a young man who, after deciding he can't make it on his own, moves back to his hometown in Indiana -- under his parents' roof. He's saved from his family's dysfunction by a local woman and her son, who sees him as a father figure.

讲述一个27岁的男子回家和父母一起住，当年青的吉姆(Casey Affleck演)决定自己无法独力完成后, 他回到在印第安纳的家乡小镇-- 让双亲庇护着。而当地一名妇女和她儿子解决了吉姆和家庭不和谐的关系，那个小孩更把他当成父亲般看待，想办法履行棘手的家庭责任。

1960年代晚期，茜宝因同情和支持黑豹党(美国左翼黑人民权组织)，并与其成员有来往，与民权运动家Hakim Jamal(麦凯饰演)也有情愫。她引起了美国联邦调查局的注意，一位年轻探员(奥康奈尔饰演)对其展开调查。