Samuel Byck（Sean Penn 飾）是一個四十歲的家具銷員，他惡欺騙，因此和哥關系破裂但是工作求他不得學會謊言在生活上他和妻子期分居，個星期只一次機會到自己的個孩子。 Samuel Byck有一個做汽車修工的黑人友Bonny Simmons (Don Cheadle 飾)，Samuel一直想和他合伙上門修理胎的小生，而尼克總統(tǒng)許諾行的小額業(yè)貸款計給他們的來點燃了絲希望。 Samuel向政府機關提交請后，開是長達兩多月的漫等待，期，妻子正提出離婚工作也丟了，一切來越糟糕 貸款落空破滅他最后的望。Samuel偷走了Bonny的搶，準備劫持一客機撞向宮，和尼松同歸于，用這種絕的方式世界注意的存在?
In the middle of Nowheresville lives 16-year-old Mike who wants out of his crappy life - permanently! Spending his time devising ways to do himself in, he considers the fatal brain tumor in his head as a godsend. That changes when he meets a girl and falls in love for the first time - without even knowing what love is.
