单身汉埃迪（本•斯蒂勒 饰）起初并没有结婚的想法，但是参加完一个又一个朋友的婚礼之后，开始感到空前的孤独，于是尝试着和活泼迷人的莱拉（马琳•阿克曼 饰）约会。仅一周之后，埃迪就被自己的父亲（杰瑞•斯蒂勒 饰）和死党马克（罗布•考得瑞 饰）催促着向对方求婚。埃迪觉得这可能是他最后的机会，所以放手一博，没想到莱拉欣然应允。
仓促的婚礼后，两人前往墨西哥度蜜月。一路上，莱拉行为古怪，和埃迪想象中的女孩子形象大相径庭，看似甜蜜的旅程，简直就像一场噩梦。然而到了蜜月地，因为莱拉的皮肤晒伤，埃迪有机会认识了和自己性情相投的米兰达（米歇尔•莫娜汉 饰），面对迟来的真爱，他将何去何从？

比利之父伦德路经一家古董店，看中一只灵巧的小精灵，想送给比利当圣诞礼物，店主老翁坚持不卖，但是老翁的孙子偷偷将小精灵卖给伦德，一连串不幸的事情就此展开。

When the Factory made Konrad, they broke the mold!
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出身贫寒的南部地主身患重病不久于世，他的两个性格相反的儿子布雷克和古柏带着各自的妻子参加他六十五岁的生日聚会。古柏是一位律师并管理大笔产业；弟弟布雷克却因为自己误会老友致使他自杀身亡，并怪其妻与挚友有染，不与其同房，成为大嫂的笑柄并无法接管产业。其实布雷克也不想继承产业，因为他觉得世上一切都很虚伪，但经过贤妻玛姬的激励以及伯父的开导，他才开始了解生活的意义，因而全家最终各得其所。

It is Labor Day, and everyone is preparing for a neighborhood picnic. Since shy Millie does not have a date, neighbor Mrs. Potts suggests that Hal accompany her, much to the chagrin of Flo. Hal agrees, but he is much more interested in Madge. There is an undeniable attraction between the two, as much as they try to fight it. While getting ready for the picnic, the family and friends dance in Flo’s backyard to music playing nearby. Hal grows on each of the women, and they all vie for his attention. Several unfortunate things happen simultaneously: Millie gets sick from drinking too much whiskey while no one is paying attention. Hal accidentally offends Rosemary, the schoolteacher, who then screams at him, and Flo joins in criticizing him.
Hal sits in the shadows by himself while everyone leaves for the picnic. Rosemary and her boyfriend Howard decide to skip the picnic and go for a drive. Madge stays behind to change her dress. When she comes back outside and tries to console Hal, they kiss after a deep and revealing conversation. They run off together and spend the night in the car.
Howard brings Rosemary back to the house. As he leaves, Rosemary begs him to marry her. When Madge and Hal return, Madge is ashamed of what they did. Hal asks for one more kiss, and their “passion is revived”.[1] Madge breaks away and says that she never wants to see Hal again.
In the morning, Flo is frantic because she sees Madge crying hysterically. Rosemary leaves with Howard to get married, and everyone goes to the street to see her off. When Madge is left alone in the backyard, Hal shows up to talk to her. The others come back into the yard, and Hal is forced to leave. Madge finally admits that she loves him after he’s gone, and she enters the house crying. Alan leaves, and it is obviously over between him and Madge. A little while later, Madge comes out of the house with a suitcase and tells her mother that she’s going after Hal. The play ends with Flo watching her daughter leave.

Erik Eriksen, who has become a successful pianist in New York, is back in Templeton, his Mormon community, where he is still treated distrustfully by its members, including his family, for having 'betrayed' them in not living the life God had planned for him. Only his mother and his younger brother Jens, support him unconditionally. Erik falls in love with Chelnica, a beautiful young woman who plays the piano at the local cinema and a dedicated Mormon. The big trouble is that she is also Jens's fiancée, due to marry him soon...