1976年，美国弗吉尼亚州。担当中学教员的诺玛（卡梅隆·迪亚茨 Cameron Diaz 饰）和在NASA供职的丈夫亚瑟（詹姆斯·麦斯登 James Marsden 饰）过着幸福的生活，他们的事业小有成就，衣食无忧，唯一的不足则是儿子沃尔特（Sam Oz Stone 饰）身染重病，健康每况愈下。随着岁月的流逝，儿子的病情不断加重，夫妇俩渐渐无法负担这巨额的医疗费用。...
Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film....
Charlie competes with his fellow shop assistant. He is fired by the pawnbroker and rehired. He nearly destroys everything in the shop and and himself. He helps capture a burglar. He destroys a client's clock while examining it in detail....
After a night on the town, Charlie comes home to the house where he is staying, drunk and unable to find his key. For the next twenty minutes he staggers into, out of, and through the house in an inebriated confrontation with the house itself....
