剧情简介

曾经风光无限的企业家沃尔特·布莱克（梅尔·吉布森饰）在经历了让他痛苦欲绝的金融风暴之后濒临破产，意志越来越消沉的他还患上了抑郁症，纵使妻儿一直对他不离不弃，但他自己早已放弃了自己，在他对自己的家人动粗之后，他被心灰意冷的家人拒之门外，流浪街头。在垃圾箱旁边喝得烂醉沃尔特准备草草结束自己的生命，但这个时候，一只自称是海狸的布偶出现了，沃尔特借着醉意和海狸打起了招呼，这只布偶甚至还让他放弃了轻生的念头。 　　

随后，沃尔特在海狸的帮助下重新开始审视自己的生活，妻子梅瑞迪斯（朱迪·福斯特饰）和儿子珀特（安东·尤金饰）也开始接受了振作的沃尔特，而海狸更让沃尔特的公司起死回生，可是海狸的真实身份究竟是什么？沃尔特真的重新振作了吗

I'm sorry. I'm not quite sure how I'm supposed to address you.
不好意思，我不是很确定该怎么称呼你

Well, you're doing fine, love.
你做的很好，亲爱的

Well, tools were always on your Christmas list,
你的圣诞清单上总是列有各种工具

but I had no idea that you knew how to actually make anything.
但是我不知道原来你真会做玩具

He's a beaver, Mom. That's what they do.
他是海狸，妈妈，他们都会

Yeah. Spot on, mate.
是的，完全正确，伙计

But, you know, Walter wasn't half-bad himself, at one time.
但是，沃尔特以前就很不错

Yeah? Who taught him
是吗？谁教他？

I suppose he taught himself.
我想他是自学的

He was about your age, yeah. Cub Scouts.
大概像你这么大的时候，参加童子军

He and his pop were supposed to make a racecar for a contest.
他和爸爸要做一辆赛车参加比赛

Except, his pop weren't around
但是，他爸爸没在

so he had to do it himself.
所以他得自己来

Where was his dad?
他爸爸在哪？

He got very sad and he had an accident.
他当时很伤心，然后就出了意外