露丝（梅兰妮·林斯基MelanieLynskey饰）是在康复中心上班的护士，实际上，她自己也患有抑郁症，正在服药进行治疗。在经历了非常倒霉的一天后，露丝疲惫的回到家中，震惊的发现自己的家遭到了歹徒的洗劫，值钱的笔记本电脑不翼而飞。巨大的压力让露丝感到，自己离崩溃不远了。第二天，露丝撞见了那个经常让狗狗在自己家院子里方便的可恶男人托尼（伊利亚·伍德ElijahWood饰），之后，露丝的手机搜索到了绑定的电脑所发出的信号。露丝报了警，警方却不愿意帮她，无奈之下，露丝只得找到托尼帮忙，想不到托尼一口答应下来，并且很快就付诸了行动。 Sam, a brilliant computer hacker seeking a better life, always seems to make the wrong choices, even under the watchful eye of his probation officer, Harry. Now, barred from using the Internet and stuck working fast food with his best friend and fellow hacker, Stanley, Sam poses as a Postal Worker, stealing people's mail to make ends meet. Until one letter changes everything. Written by the beautiful Josie to her dead husband, a Marine killed in Afghanistan, the heart-wrenching missive wakes something in Sam. Desperate to become worthy of such love, he begins following Josie and stealing more letters, until finally finding the courage to introduce himself. As Sam and Josie grow closer, she warms to the possibility of a new life as he's reminded of the values left behind in childhood. But fate shows its hand when Sam's past catches up with him in the form of an aggressive FBI agent and missing Bitcoins. When Josie discovers the truth, she must decide if the betrayal will force her back... 
