When a single father to a teenage daughter learns that he has a fatal brain tumor, he takes her on a road trip to find the mother who abandoned her years before and to try to teach her everything she might need over the rest of her life.
加里(西恩·威廉·斯科特 Seann William Scott 饰)从小就对网球运动充满了热情,然而,他的热情却遭到了父亲和哥哥的不断打压,最终,加里赌气放弃了自己的梦想。成年后,加里来到了一间学校里,成为了那里的看门人。一次偶然中,加里在学校网球队教练图多(兰迪·奎德 Randy Quaid 饰)的面前展现了一把自己的网球天赋,图多立刻就注意到了他…