这是一部关于成长的电影。著名作家戈迪（理查德•德莱福斯 Richard Dreyfuss 饰）回忆起他12岁时的一次冒险活动：当时，年少的戈迪（威尔•惠顿 Wil Wheaton 饰）与他的三个小伙伴克里斯（瑞凡•菲尼克斯 River Phoenix 饰）、泰迪（科里•费尔德曼 Corey Feldman 饰）和维恩为了当一回“英雄”去河的对岸的森林里寻找一具12岁男孩的尸体。                                                                      　　4个少年家庭各有问题，他们都有自己的心事。在旅程中每个人的性格都被体现得淋漓尽致：四个男孩性格中的软弱和坚强，在闪火车，翻铁门，越森林等一系列的行动中被最大限度的放大；每个人都有自己可望而不可及的梦想……                                                                      　　1987年金球奖最佳电影、最佳导演提名，1987年奥斯卡奖最佳编剧提名

11岁的本恩觉得自己80多岁的奶奶只会嚼薄荷糖、玩拼字游戏，身上全是臭臭的圆白菜味儿，他讨厌和奶奶待在一起。但是有一天，奶奶要带他去冒险，本恩开始研究地下管道，练习游泳，学习各种逃生技巧……当他和奶奶一起就要完成冒险计划时，英国女王突然出现在他们面前，本恩面对的是惊喜还是灾难？                                                                      　　本剧根据David Williams同名儿童书改编，Miranda Hart, Robbie Williams倾情客串，一同为大家献上欢乐的圣诞大餐！

　　Different Drummers is based on a true story about two unusual boys in Spokane, Washington in the mid 1960s. In this more innocent time, when body builder Jack Lalanne ruled the airwaves, the two heroes, a couple of elementary school students, make a bold attempt to triumph over mortality through friendship. Eleven year old David is slowing down and is now wheelchair-bound by muscular dystrophy, while Lyle can't stop speeding up. Back then, he was referred to as having a condition called MDB (Minimal Brain Dysfunction) but today he would be diagnosed with "Attention Deficit Disorder." Lyle wants more than anything to get David out of his wheelchair and running again, and he concocts a wild scheme involving a science project, some firemen, drummers, the school principal, a cop and a hand-walk across the school gymnasium, among other things. It works like this: Inspired by his TV idol, Lalanne, and his message of "intestinal fortitude and willpower," Lyle manages to convince David that ...