居住在加利福尼亚海滨的16岁的美丽少女波碧·摩尔(艾玛·罗伯茨 Emma Roberts 饰)家境优渥,衣食无忧。由于母亲早年去世,父亲盖瑞(艾丹·奎恩 Aidan Quinn 饰)对她纵容溺爱,致使她从小个性张扬,无法无天。某天,波碧的嚣张终于惹恼老爹,于是被送到一家英国寄宿学校学习。当然,即使到了异国他乡,波碧桀骜不驯的性格也未作改变,而她的作风自然也引起校内女生们的关注与反感,严格的校规更令她透不过气来。波碧无时无刻不想逃离这个古板沉闷的地方,不过在这段时间,她渐渐意识到自己从前行为的愚蠢,友情也慢慢来到身边…… 本片女主角艾玛·罗伯茨是著名女影星茱莉娅·罗伯茨的侄女。
In the backwoods of Ontario lies a town called Kinmount. This little hamlet of only a few hundred residents no longer has a gas station or a school; however, thanks to the singular vision of local septuagenarian Keith Stata, what it does boast is a five-screen cinema palace and memorabilia museum—one that welcomes upwards of 50,000 visitors every summer.