少年们的生活可以很纯洁，也可以很残酷，很显然，泰利（LeoFitzpatrick饰）属于后者。打小在下层社会中摸爬滚打的他练就了一幅玩世不恭的态度，将世间的一切都不放在眼里，将所有的伦理道德都踩在脚下。泰利的一大爱好就是和朋友们一起去勾引纯洁少女并与其发生关系，这么做的原因一是满足欲望，而是源于泰利内心中对性病的恐惧。

The last thing Eddie Mills (Larry Clarke) wants to do is go home to deal with his dying Dad (Brian Dennehy). But the Catholic guilt gnaws at him, and he returns home to his crazy family, an overbearing step-mother (Leslie Ann Warren) , and his bear of a father. Once there, Eddie is confronted with a revelation that forces him to deal with the past he has always avoided.