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。
迈克(保罗·吉亚玛提 Paul Giamatti 饰)是一名小镇律师,在帮一位老年痴呆症老头里奥(波特·杨 Burt Young 饰)打监护权官司时,阴差阳错自己成了里奥的监护人。光照顾老头还不够,里奥的外孙凯尔(阿历克斯·夏夫尔 Alex Shaffer 饰)又不期而 至,他因为和吸毒的母亲不和来投靠外公,迈克一家只好收留他,并安排他到附近高中念书。迈克同时还兼任该所高中摔跤队教练,很快发现凯尔是个很有天赋的摔跤手。局面似乎很“双赢”,里奥和凯尔得到生活上的照顾,迈克的队伍里多了个主力,每个月还有1500元监护收入补贴家用。 但平衡因为凯尔母亲辛迪(梅兰妮·林斯基 Melanie Lynskey 饰)到来而打破,她想夺回里奥的监护权,母亲来了,凯尔也没理由再和迈克一家生活在一起,但只有凯尔明白,他母亲对他和祖父丝毫没有关爱,一切目的只是祖父的钱…
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.
Angela, supposedly reformed and living under an assumed surname, is working at a summer camp. However, when the campers start misbehaving, she soon reverts to her old ways.