佩内洛普（克里斯蒂娜•里奇 饰）出生在贵族家庭，可是她的家族被诅咒了她一出生便有着一个猪鼻子。佩内洛普对自己的样貌感到十分的自卑，她羞于与一切人交往，要想解除这个诅咒，便要得到一个出自真爱的吻，才能让佩内洛普恢复美貌。
　　女儿长大了，佩内洛普的父母极力张罗她的婚事，佩内洛普也想找到个真正爱她的人解除魔咒。可是每个看到佩内洛普真面目的男子都落荒而逃，令佩内洛普与父母都感到十分难堪与沮丧。
　　以往，每个见过佩内洛普真面目的男生都签约保证不会向外界透露这个秘密。可是某贵族继承人却走漏了风声。记者雷蒙当年想得知佩内洛普的真面目，却让佩内洛普的母亲击伤了右眼，此时他要与贵族继承人合作，雇人假扮相亲者与佩内洛普见面，以拍到她的真面目。但被雇佣的麦克斯（詹姆斯•麦卡沃伊 饰）是个没落贵族，佩内洛普误以为他不在乎自己的面貌，备受感动。实际上麦克斯从未见过佩内洛普，两人隔着一块玻璃相处良久后彼此吸引住了，但他碍于与佩内洛普的身份相差甚异，默默离开了。
　　最后佩内洛普又能否找到真爱，得到真爱之吻解除恶毒的魔咒呢？

　　诺维尔（蒂姆·罗宾斯 Tim Robbins 饰）从大学毕业后便来到纽约街头找工作，缺乏经验的他只能在一家金融公司里担任一名收发室小职员。不久后总裁自杀身亡，公司的实权落入了老奸巨猾的董事会成员马斯伯（保罗·纽曼 Paul Newman 饰）手中，这本来没有诺维尔什么事，不料马斯伯为了达到他低价收购公司的目的，竟将看似愚蠢的诺维尔任命为他的傀儡总裁。而诺维尔此刻正在一门心思地研发他的新发明——呼啦圈，马斯伯想借此发明使公司的股票跌入冰点，不料呼啦圈推出后竟大肆流行，公司的股票直线上升。恼羞成怒的马斯伯开始在暗中大动手脚，将公司的局势搅得一落千丈，诺维尔也变成了众矢之的，甚至有可能被关进精神病院。绝望的他再次回到公司大楼的顶层，准备纵身一跃一了百了，然而就在此时，原已故去的前任总裁竟然出现了……

　　迈克尔（斯蒂芬·罗伯特森 Steven Robertson 饰）在很小的时候就因为患上了小儿麻痹症而全身瘫痪，生活不能自己的他居住在专门收容残障人士的康复中心里，虽然生活起居都有人照顾，但没有人能够理解迈克尔抽象的语言，迈克尔一直生活在孤独之中。
　　一天，一位名叫罗伊（詹姆斯·麦卡沃伊 James McAvoy 饰）的病友走进了迈克尔的生活，罗伊同样也是全身瘫痪，仅有右手可以活动。然而，和其他的病人不同，罗伊思维敏捷，开朗乐观，更神奇的是，他似乎可以理解迈克尔想要表达的语言。罗伊的出现给迈克尔灰暗的生活带来了一丝色彩，让他重新对人生产生了希望。

　　深夜，邻家小狗威灵顿死在草坪上。我心疼地抱着它，却被主人误以为是凶手。我决定侦破这起谋杀案，并把探案的过程写成一本书……

　　Marley Morrison’s knockout debut feature is a sharply observed coming-of-age story that will make you wince and laugh in painful recognition of universal truths. 17-year-old AJ (Nell Barlow) is not one of life’s shiny, happy people. A family holiday at a caravan park in Dorset is her idea of hell. A moody misfit, she dresses for concealment and lets everyone know that she would rather be anywhere else. Then she spies flirty, free-spirited lifeguard Isla (Ella-Rae Smith) who might just be the girl of her dreams. Can AJ dare to take a first step on the road to happiness?

　　Adult brothers Mark and Colin Pollock still live with their parents Frank and Mavis Pollock in a small apartment in the projects of London's east end in what is a collective depressed and unhappy existence. The three men of the household are all on the dole, each doing little to find gainful employment. Between the brothers, Mark is the smart aleck, who calls his parents by their given names to irk them, and who hangs out with a bunch of hooligans as he refers to himself and his friends, such as a skinhead named Coxy. Although never medically diagnosed as such, Colin is seemingly emotionally slow. Colin likes to hang out with Mark and his friends in his want to be accepted, especially as Mark tells him that a neighborhood girl named Hayley is interested him. The family rarely socializes with Mavis' sister and brother-in-law, Barbara and John, who live a middle to upper middle class and seemingly perfect existence in the suburbs of Chigwell. Although not telling them to their face, John dislikes his relations by marriage, believing especially Mark to be brash and trashy. A unilateral act by Barbara leads to many issues within the extended family coming to the surface, most specifically the true happiness of the marriage between Barbara and John, and what Colin is truly looking for to be happy in life.

　　保罗（科林·费斯 Colin Firth 饰）是英格兰阿森纳球队的超级球迷，这么多年来，球队的每一场比赛他都未曾错过，亦十分关注球队的动态与动向。正是保罗对于足球的热情拉近了他与女教师休斯（Ruth Gemmell 饰）之间的距离，随着时间的推移，两人的爱情在足球的基础 上愈演愈烈。
　　可惜的是，保罗将全身心都投入到了足球中，这让他在无形之间冷落了休斯，甚至当休斯身怀六甲之时，保罗也未能尽到作为一名父亲应尽的责任。悲愤之中，休斯压抑已久的不满全部爆发了出来，她和保罗之间的感情也出现了裂痕。阿森纳球队即将面临一场至关重要的球赛，它们能否取得最终的胜利呢？保罗和休斯之间的感情又会面临怎样的结局呢？