查理正同新交的意大利女友苏珊进行愉快的周末旅行,突然接到了父亲猝然死亡的电话。查理两岁时母亲便去世了,他算得上是父亲的唯一亲人。可父子俩之间却有着很深的芥蒂。查理现在正巧碰上一桩棘手的生意麻烦,他必须依靠父亲留下的遗产。但是,父亲的遗书上却明白写着,因查理离家出走,只留给他一辆老式“别克”轿车和一座蔷薇花园。而300万美元的遗产却赠给了一个神秘的人物。第二天,查理在银行打听出财产监护人是布鲁纳大夫,他立即找到大夫,大夫向他披露了查理家族的详细情况,并告诉他,获得遗产的人是他的哥哥雷蒙德。查理没料到自己突然多了个亲人,而且是一个因“自闭症”从小就被送进精神病医院的病人。布鲁纳大夫向他介绍:雷蒙德住在辛辛那提的一所精神病医院 Charlie is making a pleasant weekend trip with her newlywed Italian girlfriend, Susan, and suddenly receives a sudden father’s death call. When she was two years old, Charlie died and was considered his father’s only relative. But between the father and son there is a deep grudge. Charlie now happens to run into a tricky business trouble, he must rely on his father’s legacy. However, his father’s suicide note but read clearly, because Charlie ran away from home, leaving only an old “Buick” sedan and a rose garden. The $ 3 million heritage was given to a mysterious figure. The very next day, Charlie asked Dr. Brunner, a property guardian, at the bank. He immediately found the doctor who disclosed to him the details of the Charlie family and told him that his legacy was Raymond, his brother. Charlie did not expect to suddenly have a loved one, but also because of “autism” was sent to a psychiatric hospital patients. Dr. Brunner introduced him: Raymond lives in a psychiatric hospital in Cincinnati