弗兰克（休·杰克曼 Hugh Jackman 饰）是美国纽约州长岛公立学校的负责人，在他和同事帕姆（阿丽森·詹尼 Allison Janney 饰）的努力之下，纽约罗斯林学区的升学率得到了全美排名第四的好成绩。弗兰克的出名不仅让学校变得炙手可热，同时也带动了学校周边的学区房房价一路上涨。　　瑞秋（杰拉尔丁·维斯瓦纳森 Geraldine Viswanathan 饰）是罗斯林高中的一名学生，某日，在撰写校刊报道时，她震惊的发现学校的账目漏洞百出，不仅仅是校长，学校的整个领导阶层都在肆意的挪用着董事会的拨款，去满足他们无限膨胀的物欲。随着调查的深入，一场涉案金额极高、涉事人员众多的贪污案浮出了水面。

December 23, 1983 Just days before Christmas, the Oliverio family readies their Feast of the Seven Fishes, an Italian tradition stretching back to the old country of Calabria. Amidst the preparations, Tony Oliverio, a young man with big dreams and a bigger heart, wonders if he'll find love this Christmas season or spend it alone with his loud and loving family - Great Grandma Nonnie, Grandpa Johnny, Great Uncles Frankie and Carmine, his parents, his brother, and a host of friends. When Sarah, the girlfriend of his best friend Angelo, introduces Tony to Beth, it looks like Tony's holiday experience might take a turn for the better. That is unless Nonnie thinks Beth isn't good enough for her great-grandson, and Beth's Ivy League suitor doesn't steal her heart first. Come on inside, where it's warm, and the smells of cooking fish permeate the air, and let's have a visit.

布鲁诺仍在哀悼妻子的去世，他绝望地依恋着他们一起建造的海边小屋。当他被没有情感的姻亲驱逐时，布鲁诺发誓要不惜任何代价把它夺回。为了逃避父母亲神经质的关切，他制定了一个冒险的计划来恢复他的家。乔装成勤杂工改变了他的生活。

NickPearsonisalife-longbachelorwhoisfinallysettlingdown.Onthebrinkofhisweddingheissurprisedtofindhehasa13yearoldsonwhohascometofindhishimthroughthehelpofapsychic.TheproblemisNickcan’tstandkidsandwouldhappilysendtheboybacktolivewithhisbiologicalmother,exceptthatnoonehasanycluewhothatmightbe.HavingnowheretoturnNickmusthittheroadwiththeboyandtheneurotic,ineptpsychictotrackdowndozensofhisdisgracedex-flingstowhomhemustasktheawkwardquestion-withverymixedresults.

1876年，一对母女独自在一个偏远的牧场上，与一群残忍的亡命之徒为生存而战。