Tillie, a floundering young woman and her charismatic, alcoholic father, struggle to resolve their fractured relationship in the weirdest possible way: after he dies, his ghost appears in mirrors to haunt everyone in the family but Tillie. Tillie’s family must do everything they can to make Tillie see her father or else they will be plagued by this ghost forever.
故事发生在加州酒店之中。著名演员戴安娜（玛吉·史密斯 Maggie Smith 饰）和丈夫西德尼入住酒店，戴安娜获得了奥斯卡金像奖的提名，信心满满的她相信自己一定能够获奖，哪知道事与愿违，愤怒的戴安娜只想着赶紧离开这个让她感到伤心的地方。 汉娜（简·方达 Jane Fonda 饰）带着女儿也住在酒店之中，她此行的目的是和同自己离婚已久的前夫比尔（阿伦·阿尔达 Alan Alda 饰）见面。女儿烦透了母亲的独断专决，希望能够留在这里和父亲生活一段时间。马文（沃尔特·马修 Walter Matthau 饰）比妻子早一天入住了酒店，哪知道自己的好哥们居然送了自己以为金发美人作为大礼。
