玛丽是一名滥用药物的咨询师，酗酒成性。她酒驾被抓，不得不接受父亲的邀请到尼亚加拉瀑布附近的家里与他同住。后来，玛丽渐渐发现父亲有很多事情瞒着她，玛丽还有个妹妹，却压根也不知道她的存在。这部影片有着清新、智慧的视角，既幽默又动人，是莫莉·麦格林第一次执导的作品。

Some time after the Mousekewitz's have settled in America, they find that they are still having problems with the threat of cats. That makes them

　　young boy learns to deal with all of the bad influences and grown-ups around him.