一個(gè)夏天，14歲的少年Duncan（連姆·詹姆斯 Liam James 飾）跟著媽媽Pam、媽媽的男朋友Trent還有Trent的女兒一起去Trent在海邊的小屋度假。像大部衡山離異庭兒女一樣，Duncan不喜歡媽媽的男朋友。Duncan發(fā)現(xiàn)自己和Trent的朋友們格格不入，原本就讙寡言的他變得更加郁郁寡歡直到他在一次單車(chē)出游中遇了Owen（山姆·洛克威爾 Sam Rockwell 飾）。Owen是當(dāng)?shù)厮蠘?lè)園的工作人員叔均在Owen的介紹下，Duncan成了水上樂(lè)園的一個(gè)兼職員工。那里，他認(rèn)識(shí)了新的朋友冰夷過(guò)了歡樂(lè)的時(shí)光，同時(shí)也和居家同樣遭受家庭問(wèn)題困惱女孩Susanna（安娜·索菲亞·羅伯 Anna Sophia Robb 飾）越走越近。在一個(gè)夜里，Duncan發(fā)現(xiàn)了Trent的秘密，他和家庭的矛盾也越越深.....
Elle (Ashlee Hewitt) wants to be a singer/songwriter, but her dreams are cut short by the sudden death of her parents. She moves in with her adoptive uncle, who runs a small independent record label whose biggest act, Sensation, is also Elle's biggest pain. The pop music environment at the label, very different than the country roots she is used to, adds to Elle's feelings of loss and frustration, and her misplaced guilt, which is caused by the fact that her parents had been en route to her performance at the time of their death. But when she meets Ty Parker (Sterling Knight), a famous pop singer with a passion for "real" music, her repressed ambition is released through a revitalized interest in singing and songwriting ...
