杰克(伊安·邦纳 Ian Bannen 饰)和麦克(大卫·凯利 David Kelly 饰)做了一辈子的朋友了,彼此之间友谊十分的坚实。两人最大的梦想,就是能够赢得乐透大奖,从此过上不劳而获的生活,可惜这个梦想离他们似乎有点远,也并不太可能通过努力来实现。
一天,当乐透公司宣布了中奖号码后,杰克和麦克震惊的发现,获奖者就住在他们所在的小镇之上,然而,并没有人站出来领奖。经过了细心的排查,杰克和麦克将获奖者的目标锁定在了一个名叫奈德(Jimmy Keogh 饰)的老头身上,当他们赶到奈德家时,却发现他因为兴奋过渡已经死了。一个疯狂的念头出现在了两人的脑海里,他们决定冒充奈德的身份,领取这笔奖金。
This is an interesting yet bizarre little tale of a fictional (as far as I know, anyway) experiment performed during the Stalin-controlled years in the USSR. The main character is changed from a woman into a man. This is part of a larger plan to change more women into men and have a stronger work-force/army, etc. It's a very in-depth character study of the main character, who tries to fit into a world that she (now 'he') doesn't really understand, especially since she's now a man ... Stalin dislikes the results of the experiments and has the scientist killed. The main character then goes off to live a life as a simple, unknown everyday Soviet, but is inexplicably drawn into larger and larger schemes (somewhat reminiscent of "Forrest Gump" in that way). (s)He has run-ins with different important characters, including his ex-boyfriend from his days of being a woman, as well as going on a demented quest for the nurse with whom he possibly fell in love after the operation... However, he is trapped in his life as an important Soviet married man, and in the end makes a huge sacrifice for his country (unwillingly), and the movie goes from there to an ending that is possibly happy, yet still somehow incredibly depressing.
16岁的美丽少女阿贝尔(琳达·达内尔 Linda Darnell 饰)离开了让她倍感压抑的原生家庭,前往伦敦,投奔一个名叫布鲁斯(Jefferson Pascal 饰)男人。很快,这对小情侣就花光了所有的积蓄,为了维持生计,布鲁斯出海成为了一名走私犯,而阿贝尔则在误打误撞之中进了监狱,此时她震惊的发现,腹中已经怀上了布鲁斯的孩子。
在强盗杰克(约翰·拉塞尔 John Russell 饰)的帮助之下,阿贝尔从监狱里逃了出来,之后被杰克卖到了剧院。在那里,阿贝尔邂逅了拉德克里夫公爵(理查德·格林尼 Richard Greene 饰),很快,两人结了婚,阿贝尔一跃成为了公爵夫人。就在这个节骨眼上,布鲁斯再度出现在了阿贝尔的面前,并且向她索要那个属于自己的孩子。
苏珊(梅丽莎·麦卡西 Melissa McCarthy 饰)是中情局专门协助处理危险任务却不为人知的后勤人员,她的搭档布莱德利(裘德·洛 Jude Law 饰)在一次行动中突然失踪,也波及另一位顶尖中情局特工瑞克(杰森·斯坦森 Jason Statham 饰 )的安危。为了找出搭档的下落,拯救这个岌岌可危的世界,苏珊自愿充当卧底,混进史上最危险的军火商集团,试图查出事情的真相,并与蛇蝎美女头目(萝丝·拜恩 Rose Byrne 饰)斗智斗勇。然而在英勇救难的惊险过程中,苏珊发现事情远没有她想象的那么简单……
科比(艾米利奥·艾斯特维兹 Emilio Estevez 饰)深陷感情的漩涡无法自拔;比利(罗伯·劳 Rob Lowe 饰)不安定的生活让妻子最终选择了带着孩子离开;凯文(安德鲁·麦卡锡 Andrew McCarthy 饰)苦苦的希望能够得到心上人的垂怜;朱尔斯(黛米·摩尔 Demi Moore 饰)的生活从来都谈不上什么一帆风顺;埃里克(贾德·尼尔森 Judd Nelson 饰)深爱着妻子却总也管不住自己的下半身;莱斯利(艾丽·西蒂 Ally Sheedy 饰)对凯文的深情似乎一无所知;温蒂(梅尔·温宁汉姆 Mare Winningham 饰)早已厌倦了什么都被拿来和优秀的妹妹作比较的生活。
七个走出了校园象牙塔的年轻人,他们所面对的现实世界是否如他们所想象的一样快乐和美好?面对无法回避的人生岔路口,他们会做出怎样的选择?又会谱写出怎样悲欢交织的精彩人生?