简介：Jack Linden (Mark Ruffalo) and Hank Evans (Peter Krause) are best friends who both teach at the same university in a small New England town. They both have young children and Jack's wife, Terry (Laura Dern) is close with Hank's wife, Edith (Naomi Watts). But while things appear happy on the surface, there are smouldering pockets of discontent underneath. Financial struggle and domestic boredom has drained the passion from Jack and Terry's marriage, while Hank's numerous infidelities and self-absorption has prompted Edith to find both comfort and sexual fulfilment with Jack. As Jack begins spending more and more time with Edith, it becomes obvious to Terry, whose anger culminates in a sexual encounter with Hank. Now that the deception has come full circle, both couples are left to decide the futures of their shattered unions...
简介：范•维尔德（瑞恩•雷诺兹 Ryan Reynolds 饰）迎来了他在库立吉学院的第七个新学年，这位留级之王是学院内的活跃人物，不定期拥有社团会长、校园运动发起者以及篮球社中场精神教父等多重身份。来自印度的交换生泰吉（卡尔•潘 Kal Penn 饰）羡慕美国学生的生活，于是投奔维尔德做了他的助理。维尔德的父亲不堪忍受儿子的不长进，毅然中断了对他的资助，原本风光的维尔德此时不得不为了两万美元分期交付的学费发愁。校刊记者葛文（塔拉•雷德 Tara Reid 饰）对维尔德大有兴趣，贴身采访撰写关于他的报道，困窘中的维尔德偶然接到有偿帮助组织舞会的要求，自此开始从事舞会经纪人以补贴学费，葛文的报道令维尔德声名鹊起，而两人的关系也越发密切，这激起了葛文男友的愤怒，他计划向维尔德发起报复……