希拉里·肖，一位事业蒸蒸日上的企业地产开发商，携其雷厉风行之计策，抵达了这座经济困顿的小镇：她意欲收购所有可得之产业，宣布其余产业收归公用，并由内而外地彻底翻新此镇。然而，当希拉里遭遇了丹尼尔·波特（麦克拉伦）——本地牧师，这方世代守护的社区砥柱——她的宏图伟业所面临的，便不止于律法之争。随着希拉里与丹尼尔之世界观激烈碰撞，某种更深刻之物，亦悄然萌发。

　　Old Nat Moyer is a talker, a philosopher, and a troublemaker with a fanciful imagination. His companion is Midge Carter, who is half-blind, but still the super of an apartment house. When he is threatened with retirement, Nat battles on his behalf. Nat also takes on his daughter, a drug dealer, and a mugger in this appealing version of a really 'odd couple'

　　There's little wonder in the working-class lives of Bill, Eileen, and their three grown daughters. They're lonely Londoners. Nadia, a cafe waitress, places personal ads, looking for love; Debbie, a single mom, entertains men at the hair salon after hours; her son spends part of the weekend with her ex, a man with a hair-trigger temper. Molly is expecting her first baby and its father acts as if the responsibility is too much for him. Eileen is bitter, complaining about her husband and the dog next door; Bill's a doormat. His West Indian neighbor offers him a drink; her own grown son locks himself in his room most of the time. Will anyone connect during this Guy Fawkes weekend? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

　　故事发生在维多利亚时代的英国，彼时田园牧歌式的封建宗法制社会遭到了资本主义的重创，濒临瓦解的边缘。美丽的少女巴斯希巴（凯瑞·穆丽根 Carey Mulligan 饰）继承了姑姑的农场，成为了农场主，有为青年加里布埃尔（马提亚斯·修奈尔 Matthias Schoenaerts 饰）爱上了巴斯希巴，来到了她的农场为她打工。
　　然而，巴斯希巴却并没有将老实的加里布埃尔放在眼里，她疯狂的爱慕着一个名为特洛伊（汤姆·斯图里奇 Tom Sturridge 饰）的花花公子，虽然特洛伊曾经残忍的抛弃了纯洁的少女范尼（朱诺·坦普尔 Juno Temple 饰），但巴斯希巴还是盲目的相信这个男人能够给自己带来梦寐以求的完美爱情。

　　雪梨（阿曼达•拜恩斯 Amanda Bynes  饰）的妈妈在她很小的时候就去世了，为了寻找妈妈曾经的足迹，今年她进入了妈妈当年的大学——南太平洋大学。新生雪梨刚一入学就申请加入本校的姐妹会，可惜不久她就发现姐妹会里全是些金发碧眼的富家女，一个叫雷切尔（萨拉•帕克斯顿 Sara Paxton 饰）的女生掌管着这里的大权。雷切尔的嫉妒心极强，当她得知自己的男友对这位清纯的新生心怀好感时，就坚决排斥她。无奈之下雪梨只好搬出了姐妹会的宿舍来到了普通宿舍。
　　雪梨在这里遇到了7名同样遭到排斥的稀奇古怪的男生，他们很快就打成了一片。雪梨决定联合8人之力向雷切尔控制的专横的学生会挑战，她要竞选下一任学生会主席！这个出人意料的想法最后能否获得成功？