1981年，克裏斯·加德納是壹個掙紮求生的推銷員，售賣很少需求的骨密度醫療掃描器。他的妻子雙班輪流來辛苦地支撐這個家，包括他們的小兒子，克裏斯托弗。
In the face of this difficult life, Chris has the desperate inspiration to try for a stockbroker internship where one in twenty has a chance of a lucrative full time career.
面對生活的困難，克裏斯有壹份極度的渴望，想嘗試實習壹回股票經紀人。只有二十分之壹的人有機會得到這份有利可圖的全職事業。
Even when his wife leaves him because of this choice, Chris clings to this dream with his son even when the odds become more daunting by the day. Together, father and son struggle through homelessness, jail time, tax seizure and the overall punishing despair in a quest that would make Gardner a respected millionaire.
甚至當妻子因為這個選擇離開他的時候，克裏斯仍然堅持夢想，帶著兒子面對日益使人畏縮的困難。這對父親和孩子壹起艱難度過無家可歸、坐牢、沒收稅款的時光，然而全部的懲罰在面對加德納成為受人尊敬的百萬富翁的夢想時黯然失色。
希望能幫到妳！