16岁的少年利蓝•费兹格莱德（Ryan Gosling 饰）自闭、敏感，在某个午后，一个同龄人倒在了他的脚下。始终保持沉默的利蓝被指控犯有杀人罪送往感化院，两个家庭从此陷入悲伤和痛苦之中。在感化院内，作家兼教师皮尔•麦迪逊（Don Cheadle 饰）为了写书，开始有意识地接近这个沉默寡言的男孩，经过一段时间交往，利蓝慢慢打开紧锁的心门，将自己…

A group of mischievous high school students scheme to put the fright into their least favorite English teacher. But their prank takes a horrible wrong turn, and the teacher ends up dead. The kids didn't do it, but all the evidence points their way. Now, the race is on for them to expose the actual murderer before they'…