老富翁爱德华•科尔（杰克•尼克尔森 Jack Nicholson 饰）近年来在公立医院的私有化改造事业中获利颇丰，他为节省成本，规定病房“一房两床”的做法颇受非议，但性格强势的科尔不以为意，岂料他不久被检查出罹患癌症，本欲入住单人病房的科尔在舆论压力下只得与另一位病人——老卡特（摩根•弗里曼 Morgan Freeman 饰）同处一室。汽车修理技师老卡特博闻强识，将三个子女培养成才，但代价是牺牲了...
Lynn and Lucy are life-long best friends, their relationship as intense as any romance. Neither has ventured far from where they grew up. Lynn, who married her first boyfriend and whose daughter is fa...