An isolated guy with cerebral palsy is railroaded into helping an unassertive comedienne, and finds love molikan.com and acceptance through stand up comedy.

Classic British comedy adapted from a James Thurber story about a tweed manufacturer's elderly accountant who devises a plan to save the company from an American takeover bid. The arrival of an efficiency expert from the States causes enough of a stir but, when it turns out to be a woman, the old-fashioned number cruncher declares war. Man-eating businesswoman, Angela Barrows is sent by her US company to Edinburgh to investigate export opportunities. She meets businessman Robert MacPherson en route and he persuades her to help bring his company into the 20th century. The staff, lead by Mr. Martin, have other ideas and a battle between the old and new business methods breaks out.

故事聚焦当下的奥斯陆，围绕年轻睿智的女性朱莉展开。30岁的她仍徘徊在人生的十字路口，尽管她与事业有成的制图员阿克塞尔彼此相爱，拥有强烈的安全感，并很开心和他在一起，但她拒绝给渴望孩子的阿克塞尔生子。朱莉决意离开阿克塞尔前往艾文德，希望能够开始新的生活……

　　查理（金•凯瑞 饰）是一名善良的巡警，他的妻子与别人偷情生下三个儿子后与情人私奔了。可是查理仍把三个儿子视为己出，儿子们也十分尊敬这个老爸。镇上的人们都欺负查理的善良，终于隐藏在查理体内的另一个狠角色——阿庆出现了。阿庆与查理截然不同，他到处捣乱，到处生事。 　　警方为查理检查，发现他患上了精神分裂，需要用药物治疗。这时查理要护送美女伊莲（芮妮•齐薇格 饰）回去纽约，可是伊莲的前老板狄克所做的不法事情被举报了，他认为举报者就是伊莲，于是狄克买通了警察等人，誓要杀死伊莲。 　　伊莲求助与查理，于是两人还有阿庆一起开展了一段亡命之旅。查理的药却丢在了旅馆里，于是一路上查理与阿庆毫无预兆的更换着，更复杂的是查理与阿庆都爱上了伊莲，查理与阿庆争风吃醋，争斗不断。而警察与狄克一直穷追不舍查理他们……

是一种理念生存类型节目，价值观截然相反的出演者们为了金钱和权力而斗争。具有不同理念的12人在9天的集体住宿期间形成一个社群的社会实验，增加了新鲜感。