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Elliot Anderson (Kevin Costner) is widowed after a car crash leads to the death of his wife. Elliot raises his granddaughter Eloise as he struggles with his grief by binge-drinking. Elliot's world is turned upside-down when the child's black grandmother, Rowena (Octavia Spencer), demands that Eloise be brought under the care of her father, Rowena's son, Reggie (Andre Holland), a drug addict whom Elliot blames for the negligence that led to the death of his own daughter. Elliot finds himself deeply entrenched in a custody battle and will stop at nothing to keep his granddaughter from coming under the watch of her reckless father.

O advogado Elliot Anderson acaba de perder sua esposa em um acidente de carro. Os dois criavam, juntos, a neta Eloise, já que a mãe da menina morreu no parto. Enquanto luta com sua dor, ele recebe a visita inesperada da avó paterna da garota, Rowena, que exige que a neta seja criada pelo pai, Reggie, um viciado em drogas, cuja negligência faz Elliot culpá-lo pela morte de sua filha. Agora, os avôs de Eloise vão entrar em uma luta pela guarda dela.

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Ο Έλιοτ είναι ένας ευκατάστατος άντρας που ζει στο Λος Άντζελες. Όταν η σύζυγός του πεθαίνει σε αυτοκινητικό δυστύχημα, αναγκάζεται να φροντίσει μόνος του την εγγονή του, την Ελουάζ. Η μητέρα της Ελουάζ και κόρη του, έχει πεθάνει εξαιτίας του εθισμού της στα ναρκωτικά. Τη μικρή διεκδικεί και η άλλη γιαγιά της, που θα κάνει τα πάντα ώστε το μικρό κορίτσι να έχει την φροντίδα που της αξίζει. Ο πλούσιος παππούς από την μία και η δυναμική γιαγιά από την άλλη θα πυροδοτήσουν απίστευτες καταστάσεις, στην προσπάθειά τους ο καθένας να καταφέρει να κάνει αυτό που θεωρεί σωστό.