一位祖母为她16岁的孙女劳雷尔（Laurel）找了一位家庭教师，她设法通过揭露他们的过去来赶走每个人，创下一周内三个人的记录！当一位有着神秘过去的求职者设法得到这份工作时，劳雷尔发誓要揭露她。与此同时，劳雷尔的已婚离异已婚母亲试图让她回来A‘60sdrawing-roompablumintelligentlynotifiesyouthatadotinggrandmothercan’tbeaqualifiedguardianofapetulantteenagegirlwhoisscarredbytheherparents’failedmarriage,anditisluckyforherthathermotherstillwantsher,whohasremarriedandabunintheoven.BasedonEnidBagnold’ssuccessful1955play,RonaldNeame’sfilmversionretailsthestoryasifitisearth-shatteringlyprogressivebyfightingtheremarriedmother’scorner.Butthesaidmotherisabsentmostofthetime,thefilmappointsasurrogateinthepersonofthegirl’snewgovernessofobscureproven