Seventeen-year-old Cassie has become a recluse ever since her mother died in a horrible car accident

12岁的乔什（汤姆·汉克斯 Tom Hanks 饰）似乎对自己的年龄有些意见：个子太矮而无法坐绕环滑车，年纪太小追不到心仪女孩……于是他向游乐场里的一个古旧许愿机投了25美分，许愿变成一个大人。不料第