Writer Barry (Johnny Depp) is in a period of inspirational drought. Every day when he passes by the park, he sees a group of children playing inside. He stops to observe and finds that the children are playing pirate games, and the children enthusiastically invite him to join the pirate team. Barry has become a big kid. Although he is a head taller than the team, he has a lot of fun playing - props, characters, various plots, and the park has become a happy fantasy world. This experience has become the source of inspiration for Barry to create "Peter Pan". The child's mother (Kate Winslet) is a widow, and she is also infected by the happy atmosphere here. Barry gets along with them like a family, enjoying simple happiness, but it is inevitable to gossip. And Barry's wife, after all, only belongs to the real world and cannot enter Barry's heart. The finished manuscript of "Peter Pan" was staged and was questioned by everyone. However, the local response after the performance proved that Barry's persistence was correct. But at this time, Barry and the children are facing a huge blow from the real world. Their kind mother is leaving them...