A single mother and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in the off-beat dramatic comedy. In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school the mom starts an unusual business – a biohazard removal/crime scene clean-up service.

本片改編自二十世紀50年代，好萊塢最聲名狼藉的真實懸案，深刻地表現了人性對聲望與名利的追求。首位扮演《超人》的喬治．李維被人發現死於家中，警察來調查過後認定是自殺，然而外界傳聞是有人蓄意謀殺的謠言卻不止息。

2010年，墨西哥灣外海發生嚴重漏油事件，造成11死17傷的重大傷亡。這起事件，讓為灣岸居民發聲的新科議員柯林普萊斯（尼可拉斯凱吉飾演）在政壇上聲名大噪。滿懷理想抱負、前途備受矚目的他，卻因為過去的性醜聞事件而身敗名裂。不願屈服於困境的他，秉持為人民服務的初衷逐漸重返政治圈，卻被迫必須重新面對自己不堪的過往。究竟他該如何自處，並奪回他在政壇的一席之地呢？

Captures a generational moment - young people on the cusp of truly growing up, tiring of their reflexive cynicism, each in their own ways struggling to connect and define what it means to love and be loved. Six New Yorkers juggle love, friendship, and the keenly challenging specter of adulthood. Sam Wexler is a struggling writer who's having a particularly bad day. When a young boy gets separated from his family on the subway, Sam makes the questionable decision to bring the child back to his apartment and thus begins a rewarding, yet complicated, friendship. Sam's life revolves around his friends — Annie, whose self-image keeps her from commitment; Charlie and Mary Catherine, a couple whose possible move to Los Angeles tests their relationship; and Mississippi, a cabaret singer who catches Sam's eye.

Ben Singer is a failed children's folk singer, a career proofreader, a less-than-extraordinary weekend dad, and perhaps the most negative man alive. Floundering in all aspects of his life, Ben's only comfort comes from regular chess games and friendly debates on game theory with his Senegalese roommate Ibou. When Ibou is suddenly struck ill, Ben's pessimistic worldview seems unequivocally confirmed. It takes an extended visit from Ibou's sister Khadi for Ben to realize that cynicism may be all a matter of perspective.