在停电期间，两个陌生人讲恐怖的故事。弗雷德（Fred）和范妮（Fanny）对故事的投入越多，他们在Catskills小屋中的故事就越生动。当弗雷德面对他的终极恐惧时，现实的恐惧就显现了。

A brief trip back home turns into a longer stay when Eric finds himself caught between catching up with his two sisters and conquering his old poker group. The more Eric extends his visit to prove that he is still the best poker player in town, the harder it becomes to steer clear of the old fault lines in his relationship with his sister Rachel. As their little sister Maggie attempts to recreate the intimate world they once shared, Eric and Rachel are faced with the divide between their childhood selves and the adults they have now become.Displaying all the sensitivity and wicked humour of his previous works, Dustin Guy Defa’s new film is a shrewd study of the pitiless condition known as adulthood. After growing up in a family unit that constitutes your whole world, with its particular set of habits and a shared language, crossing the border into the realm of adults can feel disempowering, even terrifying. A sense of loss may be difficult to ever really overcome. The film’s meticulous structure and novelistic depth lay bare this fundamental fear, but also the resources that exist to fight it. Setting about this treasure hunt deep within as individuals and as a family is an admirable trio of actors whose interpretation is as nuanced as it is poignant.

本片重现了海明威著名小说《老人与海》的精彩情节。圣地亚哥是一位经验丰富的老渔夫，与名叫马洛林的小男孩是忘年交。在八十四天没有捕到鱼之后，一日，两人相约出海。那天运气极好的两人很快就钓到了一条巨大的大马林鱼。原以为能就此返航的两人没想到捕获的大鱼却引来了鲨鱼的围攻，猛烈的进攻似乎咄咄逼人般胁迫圣地亚哥放弃到手的大鱼。而老渔夫也并没有示弱。即便一条肥美的大鱼最后只被鲨鱼啃食得只剩骨架，圣地亚哥也没有放弃这条来之不易的大鱼。本片由俄罗斯动画导演亚历山大·彼得洛夫执导，通过定格动画的形式以令人惊讶的流畅性荣获2000年奥斯卡最佳动画短片奖、克罗地亚萨格勒布动画节、圣彼得堡国际电影节等各大奖项。

巴克（约翰·坎迪 John Candy 饰）是一名快乐的单身汉，既然一个人生活，那么在日常中，他难免会大大咧咧笨手笨脚些。本以为一个人的生活会一直持续下去，谁知道某一日，哥哥鲍勃（加勒特·布朗 Garrett M. Brown 饰）和嫂子辛迪（Elaine Bromka 饰）邀请他到他们家做客，并且将他们的三个孩子托付给了巴克照料。很快，巴克乐呵呵的个性便得到了年幼的梅兹（盖比·霍夫曼 Gaby Hoffmann 饰）和迈尔斯（麦考利·卡尔金 Macaulay Culkin 饰）的喜爱，只有正处于叛逆期的提亚（珍·路易莎·凯利 Jean Louisa Kelly 饰）依然对他十分的戒备和抗拒。但是没有关系，真诚总是动人的，随着时间的推移，巴克和三个孩子之间产生了真挚的感情。