艾美獎得主／喜劇演員克里斯洛克受兒時經驗啟發，講述一段與他同名的青少年克里斯想盡辦法融入他剛搬進的紐約布魯克林社區中的故事，當時是1982年，克里斯13歲，只想著如何成為一個很酷的青少年。在父母親都非常的忙碌工作支撐生活開銷的家庭長大，克里斯作為家裡年紀最長得孩子，自然的成為弟弟德魯和妹妹坦雅的臨時監護人，但德魯比克里斯要高一個頭且自信得多，而坦雅則是個得的父母所有注意的小公主。在媽媽決意將克里斯獨自一人送進隔壁區充滿白人小孩的好學校後，他不情願的對面每天兜兜轉轉的公車換乘以及成為高中裡最顯著的「目標」...
Motivated by his childhood experiences, Emmy Award-winner/actor/comedian Chris Rock narrates this very hilarious and touching story of a teenager growing up as the oldest of three children in Brooklyn, NY, in 1982. 1982 is the year that Chris turns 13. Filled with dreams of being a cool teenager, Chris moves with his family from the projects to the "Bed-Stuy: Do or Die" neighborhood. As the family's emergency adult while his parents are working, he's responsible for taking care of his younger brother Drew, who's taller and more confident than Chris, and sister Tonya , who gets all the parents' attention. With his mom determined to see him in a good school, though Drew and Tonya go to the same school in their old neighborhood, Chris reluctantly faces multiple bus transfers every day to attend Corleone Junior High in the fiercely Italian neighborhood, South Shore. Despite being an immediate target for bullies, Chris' innate charm and sharp wit enable him to make new friends, like Greg (Vincent Martella), another smart, nice kid... who can't fight, by the way. As Chris Rock pointedly looks back, his younger self is set to find what his family already knows: Chris' sharp, scrappy character is going to take him places. But first, he's going to have to think, talk, or run his way through one growing experience after another at home and school... and on any number of buses along the way.
