Félix, disguised as Father Christmas, hands out leaflets advertising a sexy Christmas party. His place is taken by an African Santa Claus and he returns to his caravan only to find his girlfriend Josette about to leave him. When he comes after her, she takes refuge at "SOS Distress", run by two neurotics, Thérèse and Pierre.
阿斯特快乐黏人的性格,让他失去了一次和他终身迷恋的米拉在一起的机会.他深信自己需要更多练习才能追回米拉,于是他说服她的前好朋友卡利来教他如何追求女人...
芝加哥大学毕业的物理学家鲍里斯(拉里?戴维 Larry David 饰)自认天才,对世界及人性均极度悲观,在莫名其妙与妻子分手后跳楼自杀未遂,辞去工作搬到纽约曼哈顿城中,靠教小孩象棋为生。某晚在家门口发现了从密西西比州离家出走的天真少女美乐蒂(埃文?雷切尔?伍德 Evan Rachel Wood 饰)。美乐蒂请求鲍里斯收留,极不情愿的鲍里斯只答应让她暂住一晚,却没想到美乐蒂不仅对他的天才极度尊敬,在同龄朋友面前大加赞扬,并对自己渐生爱意。尽管有着四十多岁的年龄差异,二人仍决定结婚。不久美乐蒂的母亲玛丽埃塔(帕特里西娅?克拉克森 Patricia Clarkson 饰)被丈夫抛弃后从密西西比来访,与鲍里斯的朋友凯文(亚当?布鲁克斯 Adam Brooks 饰)一见钟情。凯文帮助玛丽埃塔成为了摄影师,但对鲍里斯不满的玛丽埃塔却想尽办法拆散他与美乐蒂……...