Jeff Daniels plays Richard Dunn, a middle-aged writer who is not very successful in his life and career. Abby ( Emma Jean Stone ) is a precocious 17-year-old girl. With the help of Richard’s fantasy character-Colonel Magic ( Ryan Rodney Reynolds ), these two seemingly unmatched people finally became friends of the year, and Abby helped Richard get out "Middle-aged phobia", "growth" is a bit late, but it's not too late.
The whole story creates a comedy atmosphere full of soul and humorous content. It revolves around a period between Richard (Jeff Daniels) and Abby (Emma Jean Stone). Reliable friendship development-one of them is a failed middle-aged novelist who has never really grown up; the other is a 17-year-old girl, because of a tragic encounter that happened to her in the early years, she has Maturity that is extremely inconsistent with age. The only thing the two people have in common is that they both lead a life that is neither confident nor uncertain, and even stagnates in place because of fear. At the same time, they are also looking for a special friend, hoping to establish a way to help them become true The future connection. In fact, since childhood, Richard spent most of his time in constant communication with a character he imagined in his head, that is, the "magic colonel" dressed as a superhero (played by Ryan Rodney Reynolds) ).
Due to the constant urging and pressing of his wife Claire (Lisa Kudrow), Richard moved to live in a beach community on Long Island during the winter. In order to overcome his creative bottleneck. it was here, Richard met Abby and hired her as a babysitter for a week, even though Richard had no children to take care of. The slender, sensitive and brand-new friendship that took place between these two very different people began to slowly take root. Richard was full of praise for Abby’s homemade soup, and Abby was praising Richard as a writer. Particularly interested, and his experiment with origami. As time goes by, the warm but somewhat bizarre relationship between Richard and Abby is getting deeper and deeper. The footsteps of spring are coming soon, and both of them realize that it is time for only Friends who existed in the past and imagination have left. They need a new beginning and embrace the future as much as possible, just as they can open their arms to welcome their unique friendship.
