爱情是什么?一个困扰人类几千年的问题。当很多人以为自己切实得到爱情之时,却发现这不过是一段无限接近的过程。而在他们中间,居住在美国洛杉矶的亚裔女孩易筱凌(Charlyne Yi 易筱凌 饰)似乎对爱情尤为困惑。对于这个有些羞涩且从未谈过恋爱的女孩来说,爱情仿佛只存在于童话之中。在导演尼克(尼古拉斯?杰森诺维克 Nicholas Jasenovec 饰)的帮助下,他们一起走过洛杉矶、拉斯韦加斯、奥克哈马等地,采访来自不同行业的各色人等,听他们讲述自己的故事,只为寻找爱情真正的含义。而在这一过程中,易筱凌也展开自己的初次约会……
本片荣获2009年圣丹斯电影节华道?索尔(Waldo Salt)剧本奖。
Two closeted actors on their way to their first high profile awards ceremony fight both expectation and each other, as intimacy and insecurity collide in the back seat of a car.
John Muller, medical school dropout and brilliant crook, plans a holdup which goes a little bit wrong, and finds vindictive gambler Rocky Stansyck after him. At the end of his tether, he stumbles onto a lucky chance to assume an impenetrable new identity as psychiatrist Victor Bartok. But irony piles on as Muller finds it's out of the frying pan, into the fire.
Moving to Portland, Oregon and finding work in food service is easy for Paul and Ramona. A struggling musician without bandmates, Paul becomes introverted and moody. Ramona's friend from college introduces her to a new social circle and she goes out while Paul stays home. When Ramona confronts turning thirty, it's time to grow beyond old routines and her relationship with Paul ...
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Moving to Portland, Oregon and finding work in food service is easy for Paul and Ramona. A struggling musician without bandmates, Paul becomes introverted and moody. Ramona's friend from college introduces her to a new social circle and she goes out while Paul stays home. When Ramona confronts turning thirty, it's time to grow beyond old routines and her relationship with Paul comes to a head.
感恩节临近,年轻美丽的单身妈妈克劳迪娅·拉森(霍莉·亨特 Holly Hunter 饰)意外地丢掉了工作,正处在青春期的女儿凯特(克莱尔·丹尼斯 Claire Danes 饰)则坚持要和相爱的男友上床。克劳迪娅倍感落寞,她致电向弟弟汤米(小罗伯特·唐尼 Robert Downey Jr. 饰)哭诉,并通过答录机约定同回家中过节。年近古稀的父母无私地拥抱着这个倦鸟知归的女儿,父亲亨利(查尔斯·德恩 Charles Durning 饰)自由自在,童心未泯;母亲阿黛勒(安妮·班克罗夫特 Anne Bancroft 饰)仍视女儿为孩子,言语中充满着过度而温暖的关怀。
不久,汤米和姐姐琼安(辛西娅·斯蒂文森 Cynthia Stevenson 饰)一家以及颇有些怪异的格罗蒂阿姨(杰拉丁·卓别林 Geraldine Chaplin 饰)相继赶回家中,温馨的气氛却渐渐为争吵和矛盾所取代……