Dali and her 8 year old son Pepe take a vacation with Dali's boyfriend, Chavez. Instead of bringing them closer, their beach holiday brings out things in each of them that threaten to pull this emerging family apart.

生活并不富裕的约翰·Q·阿奇伯德（丹泽尔·华盛顿 Denzel Washington饰）是个工厂里卖命工作的工人。为了养家糊口，两夫妻感情日渐淡漠而导致婚姻濒临破裂。更加雪上加霜的是，不幸降临在了他们9岁的儿子迈克尔身上。　　一天，迈克尔突然在棒球场上昏倒，当约翰·Q把儿子送到医院后才得知：儿子患有严重的先天性心脏病，需要进行心脏移植手术…