在一个风景如画的英国乡村，自然学家查尔斯·达尔文（保罗·贝坦尼 Paul Bettany 饰）与妻女一起过着恬静的生活。他十岁的大女儿安妮对世界充满好奇，达尔文便教予她很多自然和科学知识，其中还包括他的进化论，然而在世人都相信上帝乃造物主的当时，女儿口中的进化论无疑是危险的，以至于令她被家庭教师体罚，就连达尔文深爱的妻子艾玛（詹妮弗·康纳利 Jennifer Connelly 饰）也无法认同他的观念和研究。更令达尔文受创的是，不久后，小安妮因生病早夭，唯一一个支持他完成学说的力量之源也黯淡了，整理《物种起源》手稿的工作变得犹如逆行荆棘，举步维艰……
"Because Paris is Paris," Swedish art history student Astrid Frank thumbs her way to the City of Lights with nothing more on her shoulders than a guitar case and a pair of blonde braids. When her friendliness is interpreted by a series of sexual predators as an open invitation to Swedish "free love," Greta retreats into a lesbian relationship with the affluent but lonely Nicole...
Pete has recently got a new job as a vacuum cleaner salesman. His mentor is the veteran Tommy, whose methods are rather rude; his sole target is to be the best salesman in his team and to receive the "Golden Hoover". Their temperaments are quite different and the apprentice days turn wilder and wilder.
在爵士乐大师“胖子沃勒”成长的新泽西帕塞克小镇上，弗莱彻老人（丹尼?格洛弗 Danny Glover 饰）带着对大师的回忆，在商业化大潮中坚守者一家录像带出租店，黑小伙迈克（茅斯?达夫 Mos Def 饰）和镇上神经质的无业游民杰瑞（杰克?布莱克 Jack Black 饰）整日盘踞在录像带店，杰瑞最近感到发电厂的微波辐射正在控制小镇居民，遂要求迈克和他一起炸毁发电厂，但是受旅行的弗莱彻所托照顾店子的迈克临阵退缩，导致杰瑞任务失败，出人意料的是，杰瑞自此变成了“磁化人”，录像带全部因为杰瑞的磁化而失去了画面！老顾客费罗唯茨小姐（米亚?法罗 Mia Farrow 饰）每日和弗莱彻通话，为了不让弗莱彻发现店中变故，迈克和杰瑞假装一切如常，他们不得不开始自己拍摄电影，以瞒过弗莱彻和小镇电影迷们……
At 24, Paula wants to be an actress, but if she doesn't find her rent money she'll be homeless in 24 hours. Paula is so desperate that she seriously contemplates becoming a prostitute.