埃琳•布罗克维奇(朱莉娅•罗伯茨 Julia Roberts 饰)是倒霉鬼中的典型。她结过两次婚,但每次婚姻都没有给她带来幸福,反而令她成了一个拖着三个孩子的单身母亲。倒霉的她在遭到一场交通事故后,连志在必得的赔偿官司到最后都输掉了。
为她辩护的律师埃德(阿尔伯特•芬尼 Albert Finney 饰)半是同情埃琳半是因为帮她打输了官司心感内疚,收留了埃琳在他的律师楼里打杂。埃琳的生活算是有了一点保障。在调查一单污水申诉案时,埃琳偶然发现了污水中含剧毒物质,而供水公司确对此敷衍了事。弱女子埃琳决定用她柔弱的肩膀担负起为受污染的数百名居民讨回公道的重担!
Living in the small farming community of Rickerby, twenty-four year old Kimberly Jantzen is a single mother working as a gas station pump jockey while she works her way through nursing school to eke out a better life for herself and her daughter, Lizi. In some circles, she is considered white trash. One moxia.cc night after a few drinks at the local pub, she gets into a physical altercation with Billy, her now ex-boyfriend, their fight and break-up because she caught him cheating on her. At the hospital emergency room to deal with a serious cut to her hand the result of the fight, she is treated by her family physician, Dr. Richard Darian, one of the wealthiest and most respected people in town. However, under heavy sedation which Dr. Darian warns her that she may have hallucinations and/or amnesia, Kimberly is certain that Dr. Darian raped her, she unable to fight him off in her drugged state. Believing she will get no justice going through Rickerby's police, she files charges against Dr. ...
Scared of life and lacking the courage to be himself, Ludovico lives hidden away in his grandmother's old apartment. One night, the wickedness of the world goes to visit him in the form of Jack, a boy who is Ludovico's age but has the opposite character: hard, determined, perhaps criminal. The forced cohabitation of two human beings who couldn't seem more different from one another turns into an initiation rite to adulthood, the discovery of their true and respective personalities. And when the harsh reality that is mercilessly stalking them appears to present the bill, they will have to face it, bolstered by a new awareness and unhoped-for courage.
乔伊(詹妮弗·劳伦斯 Jennifer Lawrence 饰)是一名独自抚养两个孩子的单身母亲,虽然她和丈夫托尼(埃德加·拉米雷兹 Edgar Ramirez 饰)已经离了婚,但这个穷困潦倒的男人还常常需要前妻的经济支持。不仅如此,乔伊还要照顾自己每天都瘫坐在电视机前的 母亲和生性风流四处沾花惹草的父亲,她所承担的压力可想而知。
实际上,乔伊有着非凡的经商头脑,她发明了魔术拖把,大大减少了主妇们花费在家务活上的时间。乔伊和商人尼尔(布莱德利·库珀 Bradley Cooper 饰)之间达成了交易,开始推广魔术拖把进入市场,但很快乔伊就发现,自己仿佛是一块香喷喷的肉,每个路过的人都想从她身上捞到点什么
Walter(理查·詹金斯 Richard Jenkins 饰)的生活一成不变,20多年来教同一门课程,与别人一起合著自己没有出过半分力的书,请私人教师学钢琴又难以与人相处。生活沉闷如一潭死水。直到与他合著出书的shelly待产而无法前去参加学术年会换成Walter出席,他的生命才赢来转变。
由于妻子去世而极少去纽约的Walter一回到纽约的家赫然发现家里有两个陌生人!误会过后才明白这对小情侣是被人所骗才租了这间屋子。Walter让他们留下,Tarek是来自叙利亚的热情的小伙子,热爱打鼓,他的女友则是来自塞内加尔的黑人。Walter被Tarek的开朗所打动,跟他学打鼓,还跟着他去公园参加少数族裔的打鼓练习。
这天Walter与Tarek练习过后赶着回家,过地铁时因为要过鼓Tarek错过了最好的过关卡的机会,从关卡上跳过时被警察逮捕拘留。Walter这才知道他们是非法移民,他为他聘请律师东奔西跑,毫无进展之际Tarek的母亲Mouna(西亚姆·阿巴斯 Hiyam Abbas 饰)因为担心儿子而上门,Walter安抚这位母亲焦急的情绪,带她去纽约四处散心,二人产生一种互相懂得理解的情愫。Walter从学校请了长假,决定留在纽约,去做他认为真正有意义且值得去做的事