A company that produces a toxic chemical tries to improve its image via a popular spokesperson, Ricky Coogan. Ricky travels to South America to get a first-hand look at the chemical's effects and finds himself at a mutant freak farm. Elijah, who runs the farm, is only too happy to have new subjects on which to try his freak machine. The very chemical that Ricky is supposed to promote is the one responsible for creating the great variety of freaks.

影片講述了一個生活沮喪牙醫(yī)菲爾，當(dāng)他的一個似乎擁有完美生活的病人自殺時，他感到震驚。為了找出事實的真相，他假裝成了一個勤雜工，并將自己融入到死者的生活當(dāng)中，與他的妻子和女兒交朋友。

本片基于艾米·利普羅特所著回憶錄，她和芬沙伊德改編劇本，講述剛從康復(fù)中心出來的羅娜在離開十多年后，回到了蘇格蘭的奧克尼群島，回到童年時的牧羊場，再度體會到了自然之美和靜謐的珍貴。