Max is a real jerk. A long time ago, the successful lawyer had turned over all the routine duties of family life to his wife Nathalie.His comfort and leisure time were a far greater priority. Sell the roadster and buy an efficient family car? No way!But then, Max’s fastpaced life suddenly screeches to a halt when Nathalie is hospitalized for several weeks with a complicated fracture.Alone with their two children and the dog he hates, Max quickly reaches the boiling point.As if having to play father was not bad enough, he is shocked to the core when he discovers passionate love letters written to his wife and signed “From G. in love”. Feeling that his life is slipping out of control, Max’s first impulse is to find out who his rival is. Then it dawns on him – could the way he has treated his wife be the reason why she has sought out another lover?Now Max attempts to see his situation from a different point of view. Last week he was ready to plan the yearly guys’ vacation he takes with his best buddy, but now things have changed.Max recognizes just how much he needs Nathalie’s humor, her organizing talent and her optimism, but also just how important to him she and his family really are. Max tries to discover the mysterious lover’s identity, but because of his new insight, he takes an additional step.Unfortunately, when he learns that the mystery man is Gregor, Max realizes that not only does the man have all those qualities he is very attractive as well. His struggle to become a better husband and father suddenly becomes far more difficult.Hoping to knock Gregor out of the picture and get back in Nathalie’s good graces, Max makes an appointment with a successful life coach. But turning his life around is far more difficult than he had imagined.To make matters worse, Gregor turns out to be a loving, familyoriented man just what Nathalie needs. Max is desperate – he knows there is a real chance that he might lose Nathalie and the children.Willing to put everything on the line to keep his family intact, Max makes the biggest sacrifice of his life. Then something happens that is the very last thing he could have ever counted on…
拉里·戈普尼克（迈克尔·斯图巴 Michael Stuhlbarg 饰）是美国明尼苏达州双城区某大学的物理教授，学校正决定是否颁发给他终身教授资格时，一位韩国学生向拉里抱怨考试评分不公，遭拒绝后则向拉里行贿。与此同时，拉里的妻子朱迪斯（莎瑞·莱尼克 Sari Lennick 饰）说她爱上了鳏夫塞·艾伯曼（弗雷德·迈拉麦德 Fred Melamed 饰），要求离婚。不仅如此，拉里的无业神经质哥哥亚瑟（理查德·坎德 Richard Kind 饰）越来越成为负担，儿子的犹太成人礼在即，女儿偷钱准备为鼻子做整容手
赞佩里尼（杰克·奥康奈尔 Jack O'Connell 饰）是一位长跑运动员，他热爱这项运动，并且有幸参加了1936年的柏林奥运会。1939年，第二次世界大战爆发，踌躇满志的赞佩里尼加入军队，为祖国报效，他成为了一名空军投弹手。 一次任务中，一场意外让赞佩里尼所驾驶的战斗机于海上坠毁，他和战友们在一艘小小的救生筏上度过了艰苦而又
