Diz (Joel Courtney) is a reckless teenage drifter living life on the run. Abandoned by his parents as a child, he looks out for himself and doesn't accept handouts. He takes whatever he wants and runs. Jaded and determined to answer to no one, Diz lives a life marked by thievery and abandonment. Things change for Diz when he floats into a small town on the Snake River. There he is confronted by an unflappable old man named Marty and falls for Marty's guarded granddaughter, Selah. When Diz robs a local drug-dealing crazy, he becomes the owner of a giant pile of cash and the target of two vicious killers. With more money than he knows what to do with, and criminals at his heels, Diz puts the people he's learned to care about in danger, still trying to win Selah. But some things can't be stolen or bought. The River Thief is a film about guilt, self-sacrifice, and accepting life as a gift.
究竟是什么塑造了真正的你？电影将聚焦乔伊·高纳（杰米·福克斯配音）。这位中学音乐老师获得了梦寐以求的机会——在纽约最好的爵士俱乐部演奏。但一个小失误把他从纽约的街道带到了一个奇幻的地方“生之来处”（the Great Before）。在那里，灵魂们获得培训，在前往地球之前将获得他们的个性特点和兴趣。决心要回到地球生活的乔伊认识了一个早熟的灵魂“二十二”（蒂娜·菲 配音），二十二一直找不到自己对于人类生活的兴趣。随着乔伊不断试图向二十二展示生命的精彩之处，他也将领悟一些人生终极问题的答案。
