杰克(罗宾·威廉姆斯 Robin Williams 饰)是一个不同寻常的孩子,患有罕见早衰症的他有着比常人快4倍的成长速度,这就意味着,年仅10岁的他将以40岁的形态和孩子们坐在一起上课。刚开始,同学们对于这个特殊的“大孩子”并没有展现出多少的善意,他们甚至因为他怪异的外形而对他做了诸多的恶作剧。可是,随着时间的流逝,杰克的善良和真诚感染了同学们,一段段真挚的友谊在班级里建立起来。
除了自己的外形常常造成各种不必要的误会外,身为“大孩子”的杰克还有这另外的烦恼,他不仅被一位同学的母亲误认为校长,更是让其坠入了爱河。当然,最令杰克感到难过的是,病情的加重让他无法再继续念书,和朋友们告别的日子近在咫尺。
本片改编自劳伦斯·奥斯本同名小说,小说故事描绘了在摩洛哥沙漠中,一对英国夫妇和当地人在一个豪华别墅的周末聚会上相遇的悲剧。
Speeding through the Moroccan desert to attend an old friend’s lavish weekend party, wealthy Londoners David and Jo Henninger (Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain) are involved in a tragic accident with a local teenage boy. Arriving late at the grand villa with the debauched party raging, the couple attempts to cover up the incident with the collusion of the local police. But when the boy’s father arrives seeking justice, the stage is set for a tension-filled culture clash in which David and Jo must come to terms with their fateful act and its shattering consequences.