布拉德文斯·沃恩 Vince Vaughn 饰与女友凯特瑞茜·威瑟斯彭 Reese Witherspoon 饰的生活就像普通夫妻一样唯一的不同就是他们未婚也没有孩子然而他们却比一般夫妻要多出一个头疼的问题那就是双方父母均已离异并各过各的于是每年圣诞节小两口便要分别去拜访四位家长实乃分身乏术前两年布拉德和凯特都很侥幸地以公事借口躲过了繁杂的家庭聚会双双飞往热带欢度跨年然而今年却没那么顺利了航班因大雾天气全部取消小两口去不成度假反而还无意被拍到并放上了电视新闻逃离计划泡汤两人只好在一天内奔走于双方父母的圣诞聚会一路上不仅连走带跑四个家庭也没让他们省心哭笑不得的闹剧层出不穷……
Civil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister In time he has a family and many friends, but he also finds friction with a few of his parishioners A young doctor grates at what he feels is the parson#39;s interference in the scientific treatment of patients, and a mine owner resents Grey#39;s protection of an old sharecropper whose small plot of land stands in the way of his continued mining Grey must face a public health crisis and a lynch mob as a result, all seen and described through the eyes and memory of Grey#39;s young nephew John