本片依据HowardHughes的生平改编。HowardHughes（LeonardoDiCaprio饰）出生于美国德州休士顿，18岁时，他继承父亲德州油井的财富，心怀电影梦想移居好莱坞。1926年他买入125家戏院的控制权，砸下数百万美金拍了实景空战史诗电影《地狱天使》，成为著名的制片人；1939年，他入主环球航空公司，他迅速使公司扭亏为盈，二战期间与美国军方合作，主持了蓝云杉飞机的发明和改进。HowardHughes在事业上取得巨大成功的同时，他也饱受了忧郁症和精神官能强迫症的折磨；他的感情生活波折重重，KatharineHepburn（CateBlanchett饰）、AvaGardner（KateBeckinsale饰）先后离开他，让他备受打击。影片选取HowardHughes重要的生活事件，真实地再现了他的传奇。

爱德华（伊万·麦克格雷格EwanMcGregor饰）生性热爱自由，成年之后，他选择离开家乡，踏上了环游世界的旅程。一路上，爱德华遇见了各种各样稀奇古怪的角色，经历了无数精彩绝伦的的冒险，而他日后最大的兴趣，就是向他人喋喋不休的重复讲述他的这一段奇幻旅程。威尔（比利·克鲁德普BillyCrudup饰）是爱德华的儿子，他并不相信父亲所讲述的那些光怪陆离的故事，甚至对此感到无比厌烦。婚后，他同父亲中断了联系，一晃眼就是数年过去。当再次得到爱德华的消息之时，威尔才知道父亲即将不久于人世，他决定去见爱德华最后一面。然而，这一次，威尔终于发现了隐藏在这些故事背后的奥秘和真相。

Grammy-winning singer Loudon Wainwright III reflects upon his unique relationship with his father in an evening of original songs and heartfelt stories.

Upon moving into her husband's childhood home to help take care of his elderly relatives, Jean Copeland, an emotionally withdrawn wife and mother of two, becomes embroiled in an affair with a suicidal lover. Her husband, Gordon, is oblivious, too busy worrying that he's losing his most prized possession, his mind, after a run-in with an ex-girlfriend he doesn't remember. 19-year-old, Priscilla, is a fashionista desperate to become a reality TV star, while 9-year-old crossword fanatic, Otis, has fallen in love for the very first time. Otis (played by Noah schanpp) falls in love with Caterina (played by Caroline Mills) after, well, forever. With Gordon's father, Theodore, fading into dementia, and 95-year old matriarch, Vivian, desperately clinging to control of the house, the six family members, at five stages of life, distill the dreams, worries, and regrets, of contemporary America.

科学家本（Zach Galifianakis 饰）隶属于美国政府某个秘密部门，它通过高科技手段训练豚鼠说话与思考，并将它们培养成特工人员。然而，本的部门却面临被FBI关闭的局面，为了证明他和豚鼠特工的能力，本向豚鼠特工队的负责鼠达尔文（山姆·洛克威尔 Sam Rockwell 配音）下令，要它们潜入赛博林工业的CEO罗纳德·赛博（Bill Nighy 饰）的办公室，寻找罗纳德向中东国家出卖可用于军事的高科技芯片的证据。达尔文毫不怠慢，带着布拉斯特（崔西·摩根 Tracy Morgan 配音）、华蕾斯（佩内洛普·克鲁兹 Penélope Cruz 配音）、苍蝇莫奇和斯贝克斯（尼古拉斯·凯奇 Nicolas Cage 配音）等成员迅速展开行动。这群豚鼠特工队员体型虽小，却身怀绝技，它们成功闯入罗纳德的办公室，并下载到重要资料。然而，这场冒险才刚刚开始……

Upon moving into her husband's childhood home to help take care of his elderly relatives, Jean Copeland, an emotionally withdrawn wife and mother of two, becomes embroiled in an affair with a suicidal lover. Her husband, Gordon, is oblivious, too busy worrying that he's losing his most prized possession, his mind, after a run-in with an ex-girlfriend he doesn't remember. 19-year-old, Priscilla, is a fashionista desperate to become a reality TV star, while 9-year-old crossword fanatic, Otis, has fallen in love for the very first time. Otis (played by Noah schanpp) falls in love with Caterina (played by Caroline Mills) after, well, forever. With Gordon's father, Theodore, fading into dementia, and 95-year old matriarch, Vivian, desperately clinging to control of the house, the six family members, at five stages of life, distill the dreams, worries, and regrets, of contemporary America.

格莱美获奖歌手劳登·温赖特三世（Loudon Wainwright III）在一个充满原创歌曲和感人故事的夜晚，回顾了他与父亲的独特关系。