达里奥住在美国，与父亲和兄弟们关系疏远。他决定回国参加妹妹的婚礼，在那里他看到了重建家庭关系的机会。但当他得知父亲去世后，他的计划改变了。
During a cross-country lecture tour, notoriously acerbic radio personality Sheridan Whiteside slips on the icy steps of the house of the Stanleys, a prominent Ohio family, and is forced to recuperate in their home during the Christmas holidays. The overbearing, self-centered celebrity soon comes to dominate the lives of the residents and everyone else who enters the household. He encourages young adults Richard and June Stanley to pursue their dreams, much to the dismay of their conventional father Ernest. Meanwhile, Whiteside's spinster assistant Maggie Cutler finds herself attracted to local newspaperman Bert Jefferson. When she reads Bert's play, she is so impressed she asks Whiteside to show it to his contacts, and then announces she will quit his employment and marry Bert. However, her boss is loath to lose such an efficient aide and does his best to sabotage the blossoming romance...
影片讲述了汤姆·哈迪饰演的一名前罪犯，想洗心革面重新生活，于是成为了一名酒吧调酒师。不过这家酒吧同样也是当地黑帮接头进行现金交易的地方，而调酒师再次面临命运抉择……
