Novelist Larry Donner (Billy Crystal) struggles with writer's block due to his resentment towards his ex-wife Margaret (Kate Mulgrew), who stole his book and garnered mainstream success and critical acclaim with it. Owen Lift (Danny DeVito) is a timid, middle-aged man who still lives with his overbearing, abusive mother (Anne Ramsey). Owen fantasizes of killing his mother but c...

三个没有交集的年轻人原本有属于自己的生活，可是老天总会和他们开玩笑，让三个年轻人都遇到大大小小的问题。他们在一个小餐厅里偶遇了，对生活没有什么希望，无意中坐在了一起。也许是老天的安排，让三个年轻人开始互相了解彼此、互相协助，他们的生活可能还会不如意，但是他们并没有放弃。最终他们会得到上天的眷顾吗？

　　一无所有失败的画家,遇到一个精明奸诈的销售代表,他与同事通过巧妙的销售技巧,提高了画家的作品价值,当她正准备沉浸在极大声誉中时,却突然去世。

　　Four middle-aged men and women spend their weekends in a country horse ranch, constantly playing ‘Go-stop’. When a puzzling death comes to one of them, a young worker at the ranch is forced to join the game as her substitute. The young man soon realizes that people have been dying according to the final layout of the cards in each round.

影片讲述了少年带着将要失去视力的妹妹前往海边看鲸鱼的温情故事。