美国德州一所高中，以布莱德利（贾斯廷·阿诺德 Justin Arnold 饰）为首的一众男女学生风生水起，横行霸道，经常以欺负人为乐趣。印度裔学生莱比（Vincent Silochan 饰）、瘦小的戴恩（马克·多纳托 Marc Donato 饰）和有些内向自闭的女孩艾米莉（林德赛·西德尔 Lindsay Seidel 饰）等人更是他们优先欺负的对象。学校的状况已然如此，与亲人的关系又分外冷淡和紧张，戴恩他们的生活看不到一点儿希望。 　　8个月前，戴恩的叔叔去世，留给他一座偌大的农场作遗产。饱受欺负且试图自杀的他找到和自己同病相怜的几个人，他们决定把学校的小霸王们请到举行派对，在劲歌热舞之中展开准备已久的血腥复仇……

　　Runtime: 90 min　　A story of a young boy who becomes an elective mute after witnessing what he believes to be the killing by his older brother of a teenage boy. The young boy's brother then tells him not to say anything because of the trouble it would cause in the family... so he doesn't say anything again. The problem is that the young boy so enjoys his acceptance by others of his mutism that it brings his family, a loving and caring farm family, to the brink of financial ruin in medical and psychological costs to cure him. Based on a true story, this is the intelligent telling of a family in crisis, and the work of doctors in dealing with this mental illness.　　这部电视电影改编自真人真事，对于小孩子复杂微妙的心理问题有细腻刻划。故事主人翁史蒂芬有一天突然不说话了，父亲吉姆和母亲莉迪亚感到十分烦恼。为了探究儿子为何不说话的真相，父母亲花了很多钱请心理医生对他进行治疗，经过长期的耐心沟通之后终于揭开了史蒂芬心中的秘密。原来他曾经目睹哥哥被杀的过程，少年凶手的兄弟警告他不能声张，否则会对他全家不利，于是，史蒂芬选择了什么话都不谈。导演布鲁斯．皮特曼以敏锐的感觉描写一个本来亲密的家庭一旦遭逢危机时的因应之道，喜欢《凡夫俗子》的观众应该也会欣赏本片。