这对夫妻已经结婚十年，有两个孩子。一天，妻子弗朗西斯（莎拉·杰茜卡·帕克 Sarah Jessica Parker 饰）醍醐灌顶般地开始重新审视自己的人生和紧张的婚姻关系，却发现想要一刀两断、重新开始，可没想象得那么容易。

　　这是一场很长很长的离婚的故事，它跟随着弗朗西斯和罗伯特（托马斯·哈登·丘奇 Thomas Haden Church 饰），讲述了离婚中收拾残局的种种——不仅仅是两个人之间的事儿，还牵扯到孩子、朋友，有公共场合的尴尬碰面，还有私下婚姻咨询的重重困难。

丽芙和威尔似乎拥有一切：坚如磐石的婚姻和绚丽的纽约新生活，直到到丽芙发现威尔出轨。威尔提议来趟丽芙梦寐以求的美国公路之旅。对威尔来说，这是个弥补过错的机会。而丽芙看待的角度完全不同，她看到的是个事故频发之地，是展开报复的绝佳地点。

一个漫无目的的千禧一代在醉酒状态下摔断了臀部，并被带到物理治疗中。在那里，他结识了一位不会说英语的波兰老妇人。

Shy misfit Sarah Goodwin has a secret gift: the ability to control — and destroy — with her mind. When Sarah goes off to college with her more outgoing and popular sister, Patty, their plans to join the most prestigious sorority on campus are scuttled by snobby president, Jennifer Lawrence. Separated from her sister, Sarah is taken in by a rival, less popular sorority, whose mysterious house mother, Mrs. Hunter, is harboring a secret of her own: a scheme to harness Sarah's terrifying power for revenge. Betrayed by Patty, humiliated by Jennifer, it can only be a matter of time before Sorority Hell Week erupts in flame!