五美元过一天

最让奈特（克里斯托弗·沃肯 Christopher Walken 饰）感到自豪的无疑是他那得天独厚的悭钱本领了，“五美元就能过一天”是他经常挂在嘴边的座右铭。令奈特感到万分遗憾的是他和儿子弗林（亚历桑德罗·尼沃拉 Alessandro Nivola 饰）之间的关系，除了“降到了冰点以下”外也找不到别的语句来形容了。一次不期而至的疾病让奈特打起了和弗林重修旧好的念头，无独有偶，此刻的弗林也正在经历他的人生低谷，就这样，两个郁闷的男人开着一辆破车踏上了求医之路。 　　一路上，奈特充分的贯彻了自己的人生原则——能省则省，这让弗林感到无法忍受，而在一连串的冲突和误会之间，父子二人的关系也渐渐的热络了起来。In L.A., Flynn Parker loses his job as a health inspector when his time in prison comes to light, his girlfriend Maggie moves out because of his prevarications, and his ne'er-do-well father, Nat, summons him to Atlantic City with a tale of a malignant cancer. Flynn doesn't like Nat, a small-time hustler and the cause of Flynn's jail time, but Nat cajoles his son into a cross-country trip through family memories toward New Mexico where an experimental treatment awaits. The trip is not just about the past, but whether either can tell the truth - and then what to do with those truths. From time to time, Flynn calls Maggie to leave messages. And what about Flynn's mother?