Rachel Cartwright and Mitchell Little both grow up in the small town of Providence, Tennessee. Their paths keep intersecting and at one point it looks like they'll finally get together. But the opportunity slips away and they go their separate ways. It takes a tragedy many years later before they're reunited. This time will they let the moment pass or will they finally overcome their insecurities and connect with their soulmate?

After a mysterious cosmic event rips Oak Street from suburbia and transports their neighborhood to someplace unknown, the Platt family soon discovers that their very survival depends on them sticking together as they navigate their now unrecognizable surroundings.

1989年1月的一天，牧师唐·派珀（海登·克里斯滕森 Hayden Christensen 饰）在开车回家的路上遭遇严重车祸，救护人员到达后，便判定他没有生命迹象。没想到一个半小时后， 他却奇迹般地苏醒，并声称在自己失去意识的这段时间，见过天堂的全貌。 在友人的虔诚祈祷和妻子伊娃（凯特·波茨沃斯 Kate Bosworth 饰）的精心照料下，唐终于痊愈并开始新的生活。 本片改编自2004年纽约时报同名畅销书，由唐·派珀根据亲身经历所著。