11岁的本恩觉得自己80多岁的奶奶只会嚼薄荷糖、玩拼字游戏，身上全是臭臭的圆白菜味儿，他讨厌和奶奶待在一起。但是有一天，奶奶要带他去冒险，本恩开始研究地下管道，练习游泳，学习各种逃生技巧……当他和奶奶一起就要完成冒险计划时，英国女王突然出现在他们面前，本恩面对的是惊喜还是灾难？
　　本剧根据David Williams同名儿童书改编，Miranda Hart, Robbie Williams倾情客串，一同为大家献上欢乐的圣诞大餐！

　　Different Drummers is based on a true story about two unusual boys in Spokane, Washington in the mid 1960s. In this more innocent time, when body builder Jack Lalanne ruled the airwaves, the two heroes, a couple of elementary school students, make a bold attempt to triumph over mortality through friendship. Eleven year old David is slowing down and is now wheelchair-bound by muscular dystrophy, while Lyle can't stop speeding up. Back then, he was referred to as having a condition called MDB (Minimal Brain Dysfunction) but today he would be diagnosed with "Attention Deficit Disorder." Lyle wants more than anything to get David out of his wheelchair and running again, and he concocts a wild scheme involving a science project, some firemen, drummers, the school principal, a cop and a hand-walk across the school gymnasium, among other things. It works like this: Inspired by his TV idol, Lalanne, and his message of "intestinal fortitude and willpower," Lyle manages to convince David that ...

　　在邻里发生的一场悲剧后，两个处于青春期的兄弟面对着变化的兄弟情，自然的神秘莫测，以及他们终有一死的现实。该片通过扭曲的青少年视角来探究美国乡村生活。