简介： 喧闹的中学校园里，一群中学生正为了爱情和兼职忙得不可开交。高大帅气的布拉德（祖德·莱茵霍尔德 Judge Reinhold 饰）颇受欢迎，同时也是连锁快餐店的出色员工，但他和女友的关系似乎走到了尽头。布拉德的妹妹史黛丝（詹妮弗·杰森·李 Jennifer Jason Leigh 饰）对爱情充满憧憬，在好友琳达的劝说下对亲近男青年跃跃欲试。冲浪小子杰夫（西恩·潘 Sean Penn 饰）整日嗑药浑浑噩噩，令古板的教师头大如斗。和史黛丝在同一座商场兼职的瑞特性格羞涩，想要接近史黛丝却始终笨拙，瑞特好友迈克自诩把妹达人，为瑞特连续出谋划策却把史黛丝勾搭到了手。史黛丝连续经历没有意义的混乱两性关系，终于留意到瑞特的可爱之处。而布拉德在遭遇失业打击后再难觅得称心工作。夏夜漫漫，年轻人的故事好笑又略显苦涩……
简介： 天生智能障碍的卡尔（比利?鲍伯?松顿 Billy Bob Thornton 饰）生于一个不幸的家庭：迷信宗教的父母总把他当作上天对他们的惩罚，因而十分厌恶他，老是虐打他。自小生活在阴影中的卡尔，8岁的某天撞见了母亲和一名拉皮条的人偷情，压抑的情绪瞬间爆发，他用弹簧刀将两人都刺死了。自此以后的25年岁月里，卡尔都在精神病院里度过。 出院那天，无家可归的卡尔被精神病院的管理员收留了一个晚上，这是他第一次感到人间的温暖。出院后，人们都想躲瘟神般躲着卡尔，直至他遇上了好友弗兰克（卢卡斯?布莱克 Lucas Black 饰）。弗兰克将他当成自己最好的朋友，卡尔在生活里看到了阳光。然而最近，弗兰克一家被其母亲的酒鬼男友搞得鸡犬不宁。看到朋友受罪，忍无可忍的卡尔，决定挺身而出。
简介： Moving to Portland, Oregon and finding work in food service is easy for Paul and Ramona. A struggling musician without bandmates, Paul becomes introverted and moody. Ramona's friend from college introduces her to a new social circle and she goes out while Paul stays home. When Ramona confronts turning thirty, it's time to grow beyond old routines and her relationship with Paul comes to a head. Paul and Ramona, a young couple in need of a change, move to Portland, Oregon from their hometown of Boise. Upon arriving, they sublet an apartment and begin to familiarize themselves with the city. While finding work is easy (Ramona begins waitressing, while Paul gets a job at a coffee shop), change is difficult. Their life in this new city seems to be on repeat. When their car breaks down and a tandem bicycle becomes their primary means of transportation, Ramona refuses to ride. A struggling musician, Paul, spends most of his time at home, steadily becoming introverted and moody, while Ramona, at the insistence of a co-worker, is thrust into a new social circle, where she begins an affair with a co-worker. Ramona and Paul’s relationship implodes after she confesses and in the ensuing conflict, she impulsively leaves to stay with a friend. Paul, desperate to work through the pain of the split, befriends a quirky barista named Ali. This friendship gives him a chance to begin to heal and inspires him to focus on expression through his music.