西莉亚 (Patricia Clarkson 饰) 感觉自己人生处在了一个十字路口上。她和丈夫已经成功跻身美国富人阶层，在加州塔霍湖边有一栋自己的别墅，一对儿子也已长大成人。就在这个劳工节周末，大儿子西奥（Zachary Booth 饰）决定带男友到别墅度假，二儿子罗杰（Joseph Cross 饰）也带着秘密回家。被亲朋好友包围的西莉亚始终觉得生活缺少了什么，直到静谧湖水旁发生的意外惊醒了她。她需要的是往前走......When an affluent matriarch gathers her dysfunctional family for a holiday at their Northern California lake house, her carefully constructed weekend begins to come apart at the seams, leading her to question her own role in the family.
