劇情簡介

曾經風光無限的企業家沃爾特·布萊克（梅爾·吉布森飾）在經歷了讓他痛苦欲絕的金融風暴之后瀕臨破產，意志越來越消沉的他還患上了抑郁癥，縱使妻兒一直對他不離不棄，但他自己早已放棄了自己，在他對自己的家人動粗之后，他被心灰意冷的家人拒之門外，流浪街頭。在垃圾箱旁邊喝得爛醉沃爾特準備草草結束自己的生命，但這個時候，一只自稱是海貍的布偶出現了，沃爾特借著醉意和海貍打起了招呼，這只布偶甚至還讓他放棄了輕生的念頭。 　　

隨后，沃爾特在海貍的幫助下重新開始審視自己的生活，妻子梅瑞迪斯（朱迪·福斯特飾）和兒子珀特（安東·尤金飾）也開始接受了振作的沃爾特，而海貍更讓沃爾特的公司起死回生，可是海貍的真實身份究竟是什么？沃爾特真的重新振作了嗎

I'm sorry. I'm not quite sure how I'm supposed to address you.
不好意思，我不是很確定該怎么稱呼你

Well, you're doing fine, love.
你做的很好，親愛的

Well, tools were always on your Christmas list,
你的圣誕清單上總是列有各種工具

but I had no idea that you knew how to actually make anything.
但是我不知道原來你真會做玩具

He's a beaver, Mom. That's what they do.
他是海貍，媽媽，他們都會

Yeah. Spot on, mate.
是的，完全正確，伙計

But, you know, Walter wasn't half-bad himself, at one time.
但是，沃爾特以前就很不錯

Yeah? Who taught him
是嗎？誰教他？

I suppose he taught himself.
我想他是自學的

He was about your age, yeah. Cub Scouts.
大概像你這么大的時候，參加童子軍

He and his pop were supposed to make a racecar for a contest.
他和爸爸要做一輛賽車參加比賽

Except, his pop weren't around
但是，他爸爸沒在

so he had to do it himself.
所以他得自己來

Where was his dad?
他爸爸在哪？

He got very sad and he had an accident.
他當時很傷心，然后就出了意外