範·維爾德即將度過他大學生涯的第7個年頭，但畢業對他來說依然是那麼地遙不可及。範非常滿足於這種悠然自得的生活，他以及他那些英雄事蹟——包括炮製並散播笑話、為慈善機構酬錢、以及激勵那些受氣包們等等等等——已經變成了校園裡的一則傳奇故事，在他周圍聚集了一大幫崇拜者。範的父親對這個不爭氣的兒子卻是忍無可忍，他拒絕再為範支付學費。為了繼續這種“永不畢業”的生活，無奈之下範只得轉而充當派對策劃人來自謀生路，學校裡的女記者格文·皮爾森對范這號人物早就看不順眼，這下她可逮住了機會，她處處留難範，於是兩人開始了一場意志品質的較量。結果嘛，用腳指頭也能猜得出來：這對不打不相識的冤家對頭，在對方身上發掘出了許多自己所不具備的優秀品質，居然開始談起戀愛來了！唯一的麻煩來自格文的男朋友、自我中心的男生會成員理查德，他決心不計任何代價阻止范繼續成為校園裡最受歡迎的風頭人物。

Trapped in her own doll-like existence, Faith dreams that one day she can be a real mother to her daughter Nell she abandoned seven years ago. But time has run out. Her sister Eris can no longer keep the child. Her boyfriend Mance won't play father to a rape child. The girl is to be adopted. Desperate to save her dream, Faith takes her daughter into her dollhouse fantasy world, where bad things never happen. But she can't keep reality out. Nell wants a real mother. Mance thinks she's going mad. Eris thinks it's all an act. As the dollhouse reveals itself as thin veil covering the terrors of her past, Faith has to face her pain or be condemned to a life of shame.