15岁的约书亚(乔什·哈切森 Josh Hutcherson 饰)是一名问题少年,无人管教的他整天就无所事事的游荡在街头巷尾。一天,约书亚来到了名叫卡梅尔的小镇,这座小镇上萦绕着非常浓厚的艺术气息。这里的人们发现了约书亚身上隐藏的非常强烈的艺术天分,而通过艺术,约书亚也找到了生活的意义。 在误打误撞之中,约书亚误入了一个神秘的地下组织,这个组织专门制造高仿的艺术赝品,约书亚的天赋在这个组织中得到了极致的发挥。一次偶然中,约书亚邂逅了名为安柏(海顿·潘妮蒂尔 Hayden Panettiere 饰)的女孩,安柏出生于名门,身份地位与约书亚相去甚远,然而两人却碰撞出了爱情的火花。Joshua, a teenager with a drugged-out mother on the run, wanders into the affluent community of Carmel, California. After getting himself into trouble, the authorities try to track down his mother. But in the meantime, a successful artist/businessman offers to take in Joshua and let him have a chance at a good life. His motives are questionable considering his line of business and how he plans to use Joshua's artistic talents, but Joshua has met a girl and he's not sure if the money is worth selling off his morals.