Runtime: 90 min　　A story of a young boy who becomes an elective mute after witnessing what he believes to be the killing by his older brother of a teenage boy. The young boy's brother then tells him not to say anything because of the trouble it would cause in the family... so he doesn't say anything again. The problem is that the young boy so enjoys his acceptance by others of his mutism that it brings his family, a loving and caring farm family, to the brink of financial ruin in medical and psychological costs to cure him. Based on a true story, this is the intelligent telling of a family in crisis, and the work of doctors in dealing with this mental illness.　　這部電視電影改編自真人真事，對(duì)于小孩子復(fù)雜微妙的心理問(wèn)題有細(xì)膩刻劃。故事主人翁史蒂芬有一天突然不說(shuō)話了，父親吉姆和母親莉迪亞感到十分煩惱。為了探究?jī)鹤訛楹尾徽f(shuō)話的真相，父母親花了很多錢(qián)請(qǐng)心理醫(yī)生對(duì)他進(jìn)行治療，經(jīng)過(guò)長(zhǎng)期的耐心溝通之后終于揭開(kāi)了史蒂芬心中的秘密。原來(lái)他曾經(jīng)目睹哥哥被殺的過(guò)程，少年兇手的兄弟警告他不能聲張，否則會(huì)對(duì)他全家不利，于是，史蒂芬選擇了什么話都不談。導(dǎo)演布魯斯．皮特曼以敏銳的感覺(jué)描寫(xiě)一個(gè)本來(lái)親密的家庭一旦遭逢危機(jī)時(shí)的因應(yīng)之道，喜歡《凡夫俗子》的觀眾應(yīng)該也會(huì)欣賞本片。