Thefilm,directedbyJohnMcPhail(AnnaandtheApocalypse),tellsthestoryofDinahLittle,ano-nonsense,curmudgeonlyfarmer,andCharlie,theunlovedniecewhoDinahbegrudginglytakesinafterdiscoveringherinanorphanage.Dinah'sfarmisintheself-proclaimed"PumpkinCapitaloftheWorld"wherethebiggesteventoftheyearisahigh-stakes,cutthroatgiant-pumpkin-growingcontestwithanenormouscashprize.Charlie,whohasaspecialbondwithplants,decidestoenterthecompetitionwheresheandtheotherpumpkingrowersfacesabotageandageneticallyengineeredrival.Asshenurturesherpumpkin‘Peter’andwatcheshimgrow,sodoesabondbetweenDinahandCharlieaaa
