17岁的高中女生格雷塔(希拉里·达芙 Hilary Duff 饰)拥有一个破碎的家庭,早年离异的母亲如今有了新的丈夫,而为了讨好这来之不易的靠山,母亲对于格雷塔的抱怨和不满可谓是置若罔闻。不幸福的生活让格雷塔想到了自杀,在她被母亲送到位于新泽西的外祖母家后,她的死亡计划提上了日程,一份记载了死前必须完成的事的清单也应运而生。 在和慷慨赴死的道路上,格雷塔邂逅了不期而至的爱情,可爱情的力量不足以挽救一个少女失去了希望的性命,终于,脚踝上绑着船锚的格雷塔跃入了大海。这一次未成功的死亡经历点醒了格雷塔,让她开始明白生命中值得珍惜的究竟为何物,一颗破碎的心和一个破碎的家庭渐渐获得了救赎。After her mother, Karen (Melissa Leo) gets married for the third time, 17-year-old Greta (Hillary Duff), who had witnessed her father kill himself, withdraws within herself, and turns rebellious. In lieu of boot camp she is sent to live with her maternal grandparents, Katherine (Ellen Burstyn) and Joseph (Michael Murphy) where she makes it known that she is determined to kill herself. She then falls for a cook, Julie (Evan Ross) at the local restaurant, much to the chagrin of her grandparents - especially when they find out he had been interned in a juvenile correctional facility. Faced with all-round opposition and unhappy with her life Greta plans her suicide during a boating trip - a plan that will not only expose closeted skeletons, but also shatter and change everyone's lives forever.