旭日初升，暖暖的阳光照满院子的每一个角落，连缩聚到角落里的老鼠洞也感受到了阳光的召唤。杰瑞从香甜的梦中醒来，而旁边的小家伙还呼呼大睡。偶然瞥见墙上的日历，杰瑞惊喜地发现今天竟然是7月4日美国国庆日，他满心欢喜地叫醒了小老鼠，而那个还裹着尿布的小家伙比杰瑞还激动，端出了整整一箱烟花爆竹要跑到外边燃放。作为第一监护人，杰瑞自然不会允许小家伙做这种危险的事情，他夺下小家伙手中的烟花，只给他儿童的玩具玩耍。小家伙毫不就范，接连拿出私藏的爆竹，致使杰瑞一次次被炸得满面漆黑。与此同时，汤姆暗中向杰瑞伸出毒手。眼见得最敬爱的杰瑞叔叔落难，小家伙与汤姆进行了一场烟火大战……

该片根据奥田英朗的小说改编，讲述一家理发店父子之间的故事。

《父母心》是獨立電影人約翰．卡薩維蒂於六十年代遇上荷里活製片之產物。故事講及精神科醫生畢蘭加士打聘請了來自音樂學院的朱迪．格蘭，於兒童精神病院利用嶄新手法教導外界認為無可救助的精神病兒童吉娜．羅蘭茲。片中兒童皆來自加州其中一間兒童精神中心，將這班被遺忘的一群真實地呈現在觀眾面前。都市人面對種種生活壓力，大量社會問題備受關注。當面對社會的陰暗面時，主流社會最初會以迴避的態度面對，而經過大量之社會運動、媒體報導等以令社會更多元、開放，以積極的態度去面對。這種社會心態轉變可能用上半個世紀，甚至更長時間。其中兒童問題從來都是一個敏感議題，而卡薩維蒂早在六十年代已利用光影之間揭示社會鮮為人知的一面，廣泛引起主流社會討論。卡薩維蒂是一位極具才華的獨立電影導演，游走於荷里活製作和獨立電影之間，利用偏鋒路線打破固有荷里活電影記事模式，注重強烈的演員性格去反映現實社會。本片被評為卡氏最為大膽作品之一，其寫實性令人嘆為觀止，創新起用精神病兒童在作品中表演。深刻地勾勒出這批非主流兒童的困境，打破大眾對他們的形象。而憑藉這齣先驅作品，我們更可以反思現時香港社會在這方面的缺失。As a result of co-operation between Cassavetes and Hollywood's producers, A Child is Waiting was shown in the 1960s. Burt Lancaster, a psychiatrist, hires Judy Garland to work at a psychiatric facility for children. Garland uses an innovative method to teach a mentally retarded child, Gena Rowland, who the world has turned its back on. Patients in the film were from a real life psychiatric institution, where this group of forsaken children was being honestly presented to the audience.City life is filled with all sorts of stress and problems. When facing the dark side of society, the mainstream community usually takes refuge in escapism. It is only after waves of social movements and media coverage that the people's attitudes about these problems would change and that they would take affirmative action about it. This process might take half century or longer. Children issue has always been a sensitive subject, yet Cassavetes has already chosen to show its untold stories in his film in the early sixties to arouse public discussion.Cassavetes was a talented independent filmmaker who also engaged in Hollywood productions. His works emphasized on his actors, and through their characters, instead of traditional storytelling techniques, explored the realities of society. This film was hailed as the most daring piece of Cassavetes' works. Its realism was praised, especially of his inclusion of real life patients. The patients' difficulties were profoundly illustrated so as to eradicate the public's prejudice against them. From this avant-garde work, we can even reconsider the situation of these issues in Hong Kong.source: Hong Kong Arts Centre

朱莉安（朱莉娅?罗伯茨 Julia Roberts 饰）和迈克尔（德蒙特?莫罗尼 Dermot Mulroney饰）是大学时候的情侣。和大多数的恋人一样，他们的热恋慢慢降温，直到沦为好朋友。于是毕业前有了这样一个约定：如果28岁之前，彼此还是单身，那么就明证了他俩是天造地设的一对，到时候两人就结婚。毕业后二人一直通电，朱莉安以为只是友情。然而迈克尔的婚讯却让她如梦初醒——自己一直都还深爱迈克尔，此时强烈的妒嫉和伤心让她寝食难安。朱莉安决定要改变这一切。她一手设计了一个个令人哭笑不得的“阴谋”，让迈克尔未婚妻当众出丑，离间他们的感情。当发现迈克尔对未婚妻的爱竟然占了上风时，朱莉安在婚礼上做出了疯狂举动，这一招果真气走了新娘。然而事情又有了变化。