肥胖的姑娘茱莉亚(艾丽森•汉妮根 Alyson Hannigan 饰)长久以来得不到爱神的眷顾,眼看一生要在家里的餐馆中做服务生度过。她古怪的家庭:希腊黑人父亲、印度母亲和一个日本妹妹不看好茱莉亚的婚姻,然而,一个英俊的顾客格兰特(亚当•坎贝尔 Adam Campbell 饰)再度激发了茱莉亚的爱火。茱莉亚找到神通的矮人红娘,在后者帮助下摇身一变成为窈窕淑女,又借助电视相亲节目成功与格兰特牵手,两人的关系进展迅速,不久发展到互见家长谈婚论嫁的地步。此时,格兰特性感撩人的前任女友安迪(苏菲•蒙克 Sophie Monk 饰)突然出现,并且怀着要将格兰特夺走的野心。情场如战场,昔日的胖妞茱莉亚怎样才能完成梦寐已久的幸福婚礼?
Two high profile couples are forced to examine the cost of success when they're invited to an exclusive self-help retreat where their ancestors sold their souls generations prior.
Upon moving into her husband's childhood home to help take care of his elderly relatives, Jean Copeland, an emotionally withdrawn wife and mother of two, becomes embroiled in an affair with a suicidal lover. Her husband, Gordon, is oblivious, too busy worrying that he's losing his most prized possession, his mind, after a run-in with an ex-girlfriend he doesn't remember. 19-year-old, Priscilla, is a fashionista desperate to become a reality TV star, while 9-year-old crossword fanatic, Otis, has fallen in love for the very first time. Otis (played by Noah schanpp) falls in love with Caterina (played by Caroline Mills) after, well, forever. With Gordon's father, Theodore, fading into dementia, and 95-year old matriarch, Vivian, desperately clinging to control of the house, the six family members, at five stages of life, distill the dreams, worries, and regrets, of contemporary America.