A true indie film through and through, Elephants takes an authentic look at a modern relationship in a "slice of life" style, peeling away intimate layers to ask the question: how do you know when someone's right for you or rather, when it's time to move on? After a three year stint in prison, the charming but hot-headed Lee Riley returns to Los Angeles to win back the girlfriend he left behind, alluring and headstrong Kate Caldwell. Despite having moved on and grown into an independent woman, Kate agrees to let him stay while he looks for an apartment and soon enough, the pair falls back into their old patterns, losing themselves in an ardent relationship once more. Yet, as the free-spirited nature of their romance starts to tear down the life Kate has built, she finds herself losing her new identity but unable to let Lee go. Likewise, Lee starts to wonder if the buoyant memories from their past are preventing him from growing up and being something more.
艾納（羅伯特·雷福 Robert Redford 飾）擁有一段傷感的去，車(chē)禍奪走了兒格里芬（Trevor Moss 飾）的性命，而這車(chē)禍始作俑者不是別人正是自己的兒媳簡(jiǎn)詹妮弗·洛佩茲 Jennifer Lopez 飾）。憤怒的艾納無(wú)法原諒的過(guò)失，無(wú)奈之下簡(jiǎn)只得帶著腹中的兒遠(yuǎn)走高飛。 如今的艾納生活在懷俄牧場(chǎng)里，除了放牧他還擔(dān)負(fù)起了照顧熊所傷的老朋友米（摩根·弗里曼 Morgan Freeman 飾）飲食起居的責(zé)任。曾經(jīng)悲傷未曾消逝，但對(duì)老友相互扶持，活倒也寧?kù)o祥和。的再度到來(lái)打破了難得的寧?kù)o，同時(shí)來(lái)的，還有11歲的艾納的孫女格瑞芙Becca Gardner 飾）。出于同情，艾納收留母女兩，但往日的仇并未完全化解。時(shí)，導(dǎo)致米特受傷灰熊被捉拿歸案等處置。面對(duì)曾經(jīng)的恨，兩個(gè)老人會(huì)做怎樣的選擇?
