Fire unge mænd vender tilbage til Detroit da deres adoptivmor bliver et tilfældigt dødsoffer under et kioskrøveri. Selvom gutterne er meget forskellige, bliver de hurtigt enige om at finde morderen og stille ham til regnskab. Men efterhånden som de graver dybere i sagen, bliver det stadig mere sandsynligt, at mordet slet ikke var så tilfældigt endda.
When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that Max's mother is Linda Ash, a kindhearted prostitute and porn star, Lenny is determined to reform her immoral lifestyle. A Greek chorus chimes in to relate the plot to Greek mythology in this quirky comedy.
J.C. Wiatt tror hun har styr på sin tilværelse; hun er smuk, begavet og har det kølige overblik, der med sikkerhed vil lede hende til succes i erhvervslivets absolutte top. Altså lige til en spæd, yndig lille pige finder vej til hendes liv. Nu starter et desperat forsøg på at opretholde balancen mellem powerfrokoster og pudderkvaster, mens misundelige kollegaer og magtsyge chefer med det samme udnytter situationen til deres egen fordel. Men de har gjort regning uden mor, for her er en kvinde, der ikke kan holdes nede ret lang tid ad gangen. Og hun vil vise verden, at kvinder kan både nå - og få - det hele; og helt efter egne ønsker!
The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for adoption. Elizabeth was an adopted child and is now a successful lawyer, but her personal life lacks warmth. Lucy and her husband have failed to conceive and now hope to adopt a baby to make their family complete.
After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.
When six-year-old Sophie is tragically orphaned guardianship is assigned to her estranged aunt Annabelle. The two move into a large, eerie, Victorian house where Sophie unearths a locked wooden box with a strange symbol drawn on it. Desperate to connect with her niece Annabelle pries the lock open revealing a beautiful music box. Each time the music box is wound and replayed it's surprisingly chilling melody plays slightly longer, captivating Sophie even more. When the music box begins affecting Sophie's behavior and health Annabelle seeks the aid of a child psychologist and clairvoyant who soon discover the music box is possessed by an evil spirit who seeks to haunt Sophie and destroy Annabelle. As the haunting intensifies time begins to run out and Annabelle finds herself racing against the music box's melody to defeat the spirit before the last note plays.
Teenager Ebba has no idea who or where her real mother is. In India, she and her friend Camilla go in search of her.
This is the story of teenage girl Steph, who is brought up by her fiery aunt Jude after her pregnant mother Jass and Vietnamese father are killed in a car crash. The arrival of her late mother's diary reveals the colorful, sexy secrets of Jude and the foreman Alan that allow Steph to reinvent her vision of the world.
When he finds out his girl is pregnant, a troubled teen changes his ways and tries passionately to prepare for fatherhood, but he has an extremely hard time coping with the unexpected challenge.