Human resources drone and put-upon family man Harry imagines he could be the next Dostoyevsky if he could just get a little peace and quiet. When he moves into his own apartment to craft his masterpiece, his solitude is broken by an unexpected roommate-a foul-mouthed, Hawaiian shirt-wearing gorilla, eager to share his opinions on life, love, and animal magnetism.
奧斯卡(大衛(wèi)·本奈 David Bennent 飾)的家庭有些荒誕。他的母親自己的表弟相戀,由近親不能結婚,所以迫嫁給了一位商人。斯卡是誰的孩子只有母親知道。在他三歲日那天,母親送了他面鐵皮鼓。奧斯卡十喜歡,整天掛在脖子敲。一天,奧斯卡躲桌子底 下玩的時候發(fā)現了母親與舅舅的秘,他認為成人世界充了欺騙,于是決定不長大。當奧斯卡從樓跳下時,奇跡發(fā)生了他從此不再長高,身永遠只有三歲的水平奧斯卡還意外獲得了種神秘的能力――高貝的尖叫。當看到母與舅舅幽會時,他會上鐘樓,用尖叫震碎有玻璃;當老師責罵時,他的尖叫震壞了師的眼鏡。奧斯卡維著三歲的身高水平慢長大。?豆?