由于受不了严谨的校纪校规，女孩伊莎贝尔（凯特·哈德森 Kate Hudson 饰）毅然离开了电影学院，过上了她所渴望的自由生活。伊莎贝尔的姐姐罗茜妮（娜奥米·沃茨 Naomi Watts 饰）定居于法国巴黎，身怀六甲的她惨遭画家丈夫查尔斯（梅尔维尔·珀波 Melvil Poupaud 饰）的背叛，愤怒的罗茜妮决定离婚，她给伊莎贝尔写了一封信，希望自己的妹妹能够来到自己身边，支持和陪伴她度过这一段艰难时期。 一次偶然中，伊莎贝尔结识了名叫埃德加（蒂埃里·莱尔米特 Thierry Lhermitte 饰）的法国外交官，尽管埃德加已经是一个七十岁高龄的老人了，但伊莎贝尔依旧拜倒在了他的慷慨大方和风度翩翩之中。尽管伊莎贝尔和埃德加之间的恋情并不被他人所看好，但伊莎贝尔依然坚持着自己的想法和信念，直到某一日，她发现，埃德加竟然是自己的亲戚。
Wealthy Rollo Treadway (Buster Keaton) suddenly decides to propose to his neighbor across the street, Betsy O'Brien (Kathryn McGuire), and sends his servant to book passage for a honeymoon sea cruise to Honolulu. When Betsy rejects his sudden offer however, he decides to go on the trip anyway, boarding without delay that night. Because the pier number is partially covered, he ends up on the wrong ship, the Navigator, which Betsy's rich father (Frederick Vroom) has just sold to a small country at war. Agents for the other small nation in the conflict decide to set the ship adrift that same night. When Betsy's father checks up on the ship, he is captured and tied up by the saboteurs. Betsy hears his cry for help and boards the ship to look for him, just before it is cut loose. The Navigator drifts out into the Pacific Ocean. The two unwitting passengers eventually find each other. At first, they have great difficulty looking after themselves, but adapt after a few weeks. At one point, they sight a navy ship and hoist a brightly-colored flag, not realizing it signals that the ship is under quarantine. As a result, the other vessel turns away. Finally, the ship grounds itself near an inhabited tropical island and springs a leak. While Rollo dons a deep sea diving suit and submerges to patch the hole, the black natives canoe out and take Betsy captive. When Rollo emerges from the ocean, the natives are scared off, enabling him to rescue Betsy and take her back to the ship. The natives return and try to board the ship. After a fierce struggle, Rollo and Betsy try to escape in a small dinghy. It starts to sink, and the natives swiftly overtake them in their canoes. Just when all seems lost, a navy submarine surfaces right underneath them and they are saved.
亨利（考特尼·万斯 Courtney B. Vance 饰）是小镇上受人敬仰的牧师，他的妻子茱莉亚（惠特尼·休斯顿 Whitney Houston 饰）则是教会唱诗班的主唱，这对璧人在旁人眼中是一对天衣无缝的伉俪，可是实际上，他们要面临的问题远比一般人所设想的多得多。 作为一名牧师，亨利要做的事情并非只有传教那么简单，他还要负责处理教会中发生了许多棘手的意外，这令亨利感到疲惫不堪，与此同时，对于家庭的疏忽让他和茱莉亚之间的感情也亮起了红灯。某日，走投无路的亨利向上帝祈祷，希望主能够帮他度过难关，谁知道上帝真的实现了他的愿望，派来一位名叫杜德利（丹泽尔·华盛顿 Denzel Washington 饰）的天使来到了亨利的身边。
对于这个世界闻名的丑角三人组来说，没有任何一种艺术形式是神圣的。他们对侦探片也狠狠地嘲弄了一番：他们揭穿了店主的欺诈行为并以自己独特的方式将商店整理得焕然一新……和几乎所有的马克斯三兄弟的电影一样，情节只充当一根将所有单个场面串联起来的绳子。这座巨大的商店有着数不清的科室、规章条款、各式各样的人以及奇特的行事方式，这一切都给予了三兄弟足够的空间来传播她们恶毒的、毁灭性的幽默。
