A recently-single woman dreads the thought of going back to her home town in Louisiana for Christmas when she finds out her ex-boyfriend will be there with his new girlfriend.
The general manager at a highway-side sports bar with curves has her incurable optimism and faith, in her girls, her customers, and herself, tested over the course of a long, strange day.
伯克曼一家正面临一场家庭危机。老爸伯纳德（杰夫·丹尼尔斯 Jeff Daniels 饰）事业正在走下坡路，曾是畅销作家的他如今变得湮没无闻，反而是妻子琼（劳拉·琳妮 Laura Linney 饰）而今在写作上声名鹊起，令伯纳德倍感落差，并选择用尖酸刻薄嘴脸面对妻子的成功，二人不得不面临婚姻破裂的结局。两个儿子必定要因父母关系受到困扰。大儿子沃尔特…
