芝加哥大学毕业的物理学家鲍里斯(拉里•戴维 Larry David 饰)自认天才,对世界及人性均极度悲观,在莫名其妙与妻子分手后跳楼自杀未遂,辞去工作搬到纽约曼哈顿城中,靠教小孩象棋为生。某晚在家门口发现了从密西西比州离家出走的天真少女美乐蒂(埃文•雷切尔•伍德 Evan Rachel Wood 饰)。美乐蒂请求鲍里斯收留,极不情愿的鲍里斯只答应让她暂住一晚,却没想到美乐蒂不仅对他的天才极度尊敬,...
When the husband of a dying woman is approached by a corporation pioneering a new program to extend life through robotics, they get caught in a public debate over human's relationship with technology....