贝蒂戴维斯（苏珊·萨兰登 Susan Sarandon 饰）和琼克劳馥（杰西卡·兰格 Jessica Lange 饰）都是曾以她们耀耀生辉的星光照亮过影史的女演员们，两人事业和感情上的冲突造成了她们彼此之间深深的矛盾，这段复杂纠葛的恩怨情仇在好莱坞早就不是什么秘密了。

　　A man is murdered in 19th century Melbourne. The investigation uncovers a trail of secrets and scandal.

　　When the body of his oldest friend is found buried in a shallow grave, Dan, a small-town cop, seeks answers from a volatile Hermit who may have been the last person to see his friend alive.

When the body of his oldest friend is found buried in a shallow grave, Dan, a small-town cop, seeks answers from a volatile Hermit who may have been the last person to see his friend alive.

　　绰号“哭泣宝贝”的维德•沃克（Johnny Depp 约翰尼•德普 饰）流下的眼泪具有慰籍心灵的功效，这个一文不名的年轻人每天和好友们过着虽不富裕却欢乐常在的生活。不过在那些好好少年看来，维德他们不过是一群打架斗殴、惹是生非的阿飞。　　某天，维德结识了乖乖女艾丽逊（Amy Locane 艾米•洛肯 饰），两人共坠爱河，这令倾慕艾丽逊的那群“品学兼优”的好学生们的嫉妒和憎恨。他们结伴向维德一派发起攻击，两个相爱之人就这样一次次被迫卷入纷争之中。他们的爱情能否经受这些磨难的考验？