影片改编自理查德·麦圭尔同名漫画。这是一部关于百年间多个家庭分别住进了同一间房子后发生的一系列关于爱、失落、欢笑和泪水的故事。影片横跨时间长河，以极其特殊的视角捕捉到了最纯粹的人类体验，有生活教科书般的温馨，也有白日梦想家般的无限向往，有婚姻经营者的无奈，通过104分钟向观众呈现出一幕幕百年家庭众生相。
"Miss, what's that?" the kid asked the stewardess, pointing to a small crack that he noticed in celing above him. At that point, the crack widens and the entire roof of the airplane is ripped off. Based on a true story. On April 28, 1988, Aloha Airlines flight 243, halfway between Big Island and Maui, suddenly lost an 18-foot section of its front fuselage, due to metal fatigue. At 24,000 feet of altitude, the sudden decompression leaves room for panic in the cabin. But in the flight deck, Captain Schornstheimer and First Officer Tompkins are faced with the difficult task of safely landing the crippled, barely-controllable airliner, as the title says.
