伯克曼一家正面临一场家庭危机。老爸伯纳德（杰夫·丹尼尔斯 Jeff Daniels 饰）事业正在走下坡路，曾是畅销作家的他如今变得湮没无闻，反而是妻子琼（劳拉·琳妮 Laura Linney 饰）而今在写作上声名鹊起，令伯纳德倍感落差，并选择用尖酸刻薄嘴脸面对妻子的成功，二人不得不面临婚姻破裂的结局。两个儿子必定要因父母关系受到困扰。大儿子沃尔特（杰西·艾森伯格 Jesse Eisenberg 饰）16岁了，正值青春萌动，他坚决站在父亲一边，不料自己喜欢的女生竟然上了父亲的床；小儿子弗兰克（欧文•克莱恩
本片讲述的是一位落魄大厨和一位美女小说作家意外邂逅而碰擦出爱情火花的动人故事 A celebrity chef who is getting over a bad review and a romance novelist who can't seem to get her next book started meet accidentally
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