Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; but when Ronnie kills an undercover secret service agent, his partner Jimmy Mercer vows revenge and is given one week to catch the killers before being transferred.

Spoiled Jessie Montgomery, whose wild behavior and spending excesses cause her well-meaning but exasperated millionaire father Charles to wish he never had her, is visited by fairy godmother Stella. In an effort to save Jessie, Stella casts a spell which causes Charles to no longer have a daughter. Jessie, now penniless and without a friend, must take a maid's job to earn a living, and hopefully to learn her lesson.

An Italian mechanic finds that he has inherited a billion-dollar company from his dead uncle, but he needs to be in San Francisco in 20 days to sign over the will. In the meantime, he is chased by kidnappers and the affected corporation's president.

查理（杰克·尼科尔森 Jack Nicholson）是一个驻守在美国墨西哥边境的警察，他的身边充满了暴力、贪污、与诱惑，他因此饱受压力。更糟的是，他的妻子玛西（瓦莱丽·佩莱恩 Valerie Perrine）贪婪无度，喜好追求高质量的生活，为了满足妻子对金钱的需求，查理开始收贿，让墨西哥的非法移民出入边境。没想到，此事竟导致他与一名年轻的墨西哥女子坠入情网……

尼克（梅尔·吉布森 Mel Gibson 饰）是芝加哥一间广告公司的小经理，是个典型的大男子主义者。对于新来的女上司达西（海伦·亨特 Helen Hunt 饰），他更是满腹牢骚。达西要求尼克设计出女性用品的创意广告，令达西分外头痛，一不留神，尼克在自家浴室中触了电，这次事故让他获得了一个神奇的本领 ——读心术。有了这个意外的收获，尼克现在就能轻而易举的知道身边女人们的心事。他渐渐的沉迷于此，并惊奇地发现原来达西一直都对自己有好感。于是，尼克决定将计就计，利用达西的心事好好捉弄她一番，他千方百计接近达西，讨她欢心，却不知自己正在堕入情网。自从得知女人的内心世界，这个大男人终于领悟到她们的美丽，和水火不容的女上司共赴爱海。