Mr. Walrus needs a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner with his in-laws but his plans keep going awry.
A high living society playboy marries a nightclub singer, and she soon realizes that, though they're genuinely in love, the husband's endless partying completely dominates and is destroying their marriage.
A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it.
Newly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are having a baby, leaving her father to come to grips with the fact that he will soon be a granddad.
An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.
A medical student marries a millionaire's daughter but insists they live on the money he earns.
Kærlighedshistorien fortsætter. Ryan O'Neal er tilbage som Oliver Barrett IV i Oliver's Story, der er baseret på Erich Segals efterfølger til Love Story. Candice Bergen viser elegant og charmerende skuespil i rollen som en nyligt fraskilt karrierekvinde ved navn Marcie Bonwit. De danner det perfekte par - begge er rige og smukke, begge er selvstændige og alligevel sårbare på grund af forliste forhold, og begge er tilbageholdende med at binde sig igen. Via forholdet til Marcie begynder Oliver dog at tro på livet igen - og på kærligheden.
Hans datter skal giftes, så Manhatten-tandlægen Sheldon Kornpett har mere at se til, end han kan overskue. Han har aldrig mødt brudgommens far, Vince (som måske/måske ikke er CIA-agent), men han har også haft så meget at se til i lang tid, at det hele rabler for ham. Det eskalerer, da Vince kommer til middag hos familien Kornpett, hvor han begynder at fable om et internationalt plot om stjålen valuta. Der går derfor ikke lang tid, før det hele ender galt.
It's 1918, the height of United States involvement in World War I - Liberty Bonds are sold, German immigrants are suspected as traitors or saboteurs, young men everywhere succumb to the patriotism and propaganda and enlist. In a small Texas town, Horace Robedaux feels the pressure - he doesn't want to leave his young wife Elizabeth and their young child Jenny - but Elizabeth's can't-do-anything-right little brother is constantly talking about the war, and Elizabeth's stern father, who opposed the marriage initially, now has plans to take care of his daughter and the child so Horace can fight for his country. However, the influenza epidemic sweeping the town (and the nation) may change everyone's plans.
In 1917, Elizabeth defies her wealthy parents by running off and marrying Horace Robedaux, a young man of humble prospects. Her parents have not spoken to her since - even though the couple lives in a rooming house nearby, they are struggling financially, and she is pregnant.
Rooted in the oral tale recounted by the Tetela in Sankuru, Democratic Republic of Congo, this story explains how it came to be that the Fox ate the Chicken, the Chicken ate the Termite, the Termite ate the Stick and the Stick ate the Toad, when the Toad arrives at his in-laws’ home and is served a meal with a single spoon, sparking off a terrible row!
Frannie Vaughn (Fawcett) comes back home after being away a long time, only to find that her mother has died. She also finds out that her sister, Natalie (Crow) and her husband, Jake (Bryce), are planning to sell the acres once owned by Frannie and Natalie's family. To buy the land back from her sister, Frannie gets a job and falls in love with a fellow worker, Rubin (Johnson). In the end, Frannie's dreams come true and Natalie comes to her senses and moves in to the old family house with Frannie and Rubin.
Hvis man endelig skal være utro... Kan man lige så godt lade det blive i familien! Da Paul (Lee) morgenen efter sin polterabend vågner op ved siden af den forrygende klappevenlige og ret dejlige Becky (Stiles), må han anstrenge sig for at fyre en lynhurtig forklaring af til sin forlovede, Karen (Blair). For er det egentlig muligt at gradbøje utroskab? Ok, Paul prøver, men fra det sekund han har sagt den første hvide løgn, går hans liv direkte fra problemfyldt til katastrofalt! Beckys trusser dukker nemlig op i hans sofa, Beckys ex-fyr viser pludselig piiiinlige fotos af Paul frem og da han oven i købet finder ud af, at Becky rent faktisk er Karens kusine, kan det næsten ikke blive værre. Faktisk er han nemlig blevet enormt vild med Becky, men kan han for én gangs skyld finde ud af at gøre det rigtige, eller vil han for altid miste muligheden for at blive lykkelig…?!
On the way to meet with an independent artist in the South, newlywed art dealer Madeleine is convinced by her husband, George, that they should stop to meet his family in North Carolina. Madeleine's affluent lifestyle clashes with the family, but she befriends George's wide-eyed and pregnant sister-in-law, Ashley, who is nearing her due date. Through the family, Madeleine gains greater insight into George's character.
The Singles Ward gang returns in this hilarious sequel of marital proportions! Dallen has finally met the girl of his dreams. Christine is everything Dallen has ever wanted: sweet, simple, and devoted to the gospel. Too bad his future in- laws are anything but! The original gang is back for the celebration five years in the making!
German ship captain Gottfried Hinrichs reluctantly retires to his Bavarian home, hoping to find comfort when his daughter Barbara moves back home, convenient now she has become a commercial pilot. So he dishes out the usual objections when she tells to have found her mate, while ma Lisbeth tries to shush. When the lovers turn up for Christmas Eve, a culture shock follows, for her dream prince is Palestinian unemployed would be-pilot Kamal Abu Khalil, and neither 'liberal' parent extends effective tolerance to Islamic in-potential laws. Ultimately Gottfried is worn down, but then the incompatible religious marriage norms seem to break up the couple itself. It gets even worse when his parents found out and fly in, while she feels neglected as Kemal starts an electronic muezzin Internet firm with a friend.
Kates (Sarah Jessica Parker) krævende job som investeringsrådgiver for at stort firma i Boston betyder, at det er småt med kvalitetstid med ægtefællen Richard (Greg Kinnear) og parrets to små børn. Faktisk hænger hverdagen kun sammen, fordi Kate laver to-do-lister om natten og snyder med den hjemmebagte kage til datterens skolearrangement. Da et projekt på arbejdet kræver, at Kate ofte rejser til New York, begynder skemaerne at falde fra hinanden og den dårlige samvittighed melder sig, da hendes ny, charmerende kollega (Pierce Brosnan) viser interesse.
Shop owner Alice Chapman is nervous to meet her future in-laws at Christmas, especially because she is arriving ahead of her new fiance Will Mitchum. Alice's trip becomes more stressful when her luggage is lost and her phone is damaged, leaving her no way to find Will's family!
Charming LA architect Harrison, also a great cook and lover, gets engaged to Cate, a San Francisco landscape architect he meets while collaborating on a major project, after they get locked in by a malfunctioning elevator. She moves to LA for him and volunteers, while he's on mission in Tokyo, to mind his widowed mother Evelyn, still a major force in his life. However Cate gets paranoid when feeling weak and hearing rumors that his former girlfriend disappeared mysteriously years earlier, even cancels the engagement. Then the truth gets out, clearing Harrison and uncovering a lurking danger.
Dybt inde i de store skove i det nordvestlige USA bor en meget anderledes far med sine seks børn. Ben har viet sit liv til at sikre, at hans børn bliver stærke, veluddannede og selvstændige individer. Men en dag tvinges familien til at forlade deres skovparadis og bevæge sig ud i civilisationen. Her møder de en helt ny verden, hvor Bens idealer om frihed og det at være far bliver sat på en alvorlig prøve.