Sam (Matthew Broderick) is the reasonable man in a crazy urban world, the man of thoughtfulness and refined taste in a landscape of Leroy Neiman paintings and beer commercials. The guy would sooner cook for an hour over a hot stove than say `supersize it.'
　　By day he's a store clerk in an upscale gourmet eatery, and these scenes raise a smile, especially for anyone who's visited the actual chain in New York City -- the portrayal isn't far off from the reality. Our man is besieged by hoards of customers who want their imported French cheese cut to impossibly exact standards. His efforts to remain outwardly polite (while you know he'd like to take the cleaver to the relentless clientele) are pretty funny, and will warm the hearts of clerks everywhere. In general, Broderick is in good form and provides the movie with most of whatever lightness it possesses.
　　Sciorra's lovelorn dental hygienist, Ellen, is fine enough, too, and her unknowing interaction with our cheese-slicing hero shows some hopeful chemistry, and you may begin to feel you want to see these two get together.
　　One of the main competitors for our lady's affections, a stockbroker (Kevin Anderson), is played as caricature: he's the beer swilling frat-boy whose idea of after-sex sensitivity is flipping on the football game. He's kind of funny at times, but the movie might be stronger if he was written or acted for us to like him more, instead of having us merely recognize him as the flat-out `wrong' guy in comparison to Broderick's sensitive man. Think of John Candy in Splash, taking a cigarette and beer can to the racquetball game; we know his lifestyle is not the one our hero should emulate, but we can't help but be charmed by the likeable goon. Whereas this character is merely a goon, and pretty unlikable all around.
　　While it's a nice enough light movie for the first half, for me the story was somewhat derailed by its unbelievable (Hollywood) presentation of sex and adultery. (SPOILER AHEAD, skip to next paragraph.) When Ellen returns home after an evening's misadventures, she is naturally faced with the questioning husband (Michael Mantell). Quickly admitting her own indiscretion, she then immediately turns the situation around, demanding to know why the guy had gone ahead and bought a house without discussing it. Granted, it's a valid issue, and granted, many people use this countering maneuver in arguments. What's unbelievable is what happens next: the guy starts responding to her question, addressing the house-issue in a quiet, thoughtful manner. WHOA. You'd be hard pressed to find a married person in the world who, when faced with his/her partner's totally unexpected adultery, would be ready to address anything so calmly. The guy would surely be bouncing off the walls, or else crushed into silence and tears - but see, then we might actually feel for the poor schnook, and we'd see Sciorra's character in a poor light. And since that particular audience reaction doesn't serve the romantic comedy, the story tries to sneak around it. You may start to feel that, like the husband, you're being taken.
　　Further dissatisfaction is just around the corner in the ending. We realize this is where misunderstandings will get sorted out, and our couple will finally see a clear path to one another. We want the satisfaction of rooting for them. But it's marred by another unbelievable character reaction, followed by an abrupt conclusion that feels rushed and forced, too easy and unearned. You may feel as though the movie's cheating on you again...

　　托比（达斯汀·英格拉姆 Dustin Ingram 饰）的性启蒙老师，是一位名叫莫妮卡（金·凯特罗尔 Kim Cattrall 饰）的成人电影明星。所以，当他的得知莫妮卡此时正在几百英里开外的一个小镇上进行表演时，毫不犹豫的决定驱车前往。
　　可是，直到面对面见到莫妮卡后，托比才发现，站在眼前的这个略微有些发胖的中年女人，和自己在银幕上看到的性感撩人风情万种的女明星之间，有着天壤之别。时光的流逝让莫妮卡再也无法吃青春这碗饭了，如今她只能靠着在低端的夜总会里表演脱衣舞来养活自己的孩子。托比的到来让给莫妮卡灰暗的人生带来了一抹亮丽的光彩。

　　As America recovers from the Civil War, one man tries to put the pieces of his life back together but finds himself fighting a new battle on the frontier. Cable is an embittered Confederate soldier who returns from the war to reclaim his Arizona homestead from rebel pioneers who sympathize with the Union war effort. Desperate to rebuild the life he once knew, Cable ultimately joins forces with Vern Kidston, his Union adversary to make a last stand for the one thing worth fighting for -- his family.

　　一次偶然中，布兰登（马修·麦康纳 Matthew McConaughey 饰）发现自己竟然拥有一项如此神奇的特异功能——他能够准确预测出每周末举行的橄榄球比赛的结果。这一能力彻底扭转了布兰登失意而又颓废的生活，同时也将他卷入了金钱和利益所构造的漩涡之中。
　　沃特（阿尔·帕西诺 Al Pacino 饰）经营着一家体育顾问公司，布兰登的神奇能力在他的眼中无异于是一根点石成金的魔杖。野心勃勃的他找到了布兰登，千方百计的说服了后者加入了他的公司。从此，沃特的事业扶摇直上，布兰登也在沃特的身上找到了亲情和友情。但随着布兰登的能力的逐渐流逝，他和沃特之间的关系也开始了动摇。两人心中都有各自的想法，而最终的赢家只有一个。

　　在小城贝农，饮酒作乐的派对和激情四射的动感音乐是被禁止的，甚至有专门的法案来规范当地青少年的行为举止。造成成年人们如此草木皆兵的是多年前的一起事故，五个风华正茂的少年在外出游玩的途中发生了车祸全部命丧黄泉。对于城中肃杀的气氛，伦（肯尼·沃尔默 Kenny Wormald 饰）无法理解，不久前，他刚刚从大都市波士顿移居至此，对生命充满了激情和热情的伦决定身先士卒，对抗腐朽的制度。
　　在贝农，伦结识了美丽的姑娘艾瑞尔（朱莉安·浩夫 Julianne Hough 饰），后者的机灵和魅力令伦无法抗拒，很快便坠入了爱河。可是，艾瑞尔有个让人头痛的父亲，不是别人，正是制定了小城中一系列法案的成员之一——牧师肖（丹尼斯·奎德 Dennis Quaid 饰）。一场旷日持久的“战争”拉开了帷幕。