沃特.密提（本·斯蒂勒 Ben Stiller 饰）是一名在《生活》杂志工作了16年的胶片洗印经理，他性格内向，甚至无法跟心仪的同事谢莉尔（克里斯汀·韦格 Kristen Wiig 饰）开口搭讪，面对生活他像个旁观者，时常“放空”做白日英雄梦。直到有一天公司被并购，杂志需要做最后一期的封面，而封面成功与否的关键是找到狂野摄影师尚恩（西恩·潘 Sean Penn）的一卷胶片，沃特终于开口搭讪谢莉尔，并在她和母亲（雪莉·麦克雷恩 Shirley MacLaine 饰）的鼓励下踏上真正的冒险之旅，冰原、大海、喜马拉雅山……沃特的白日梦远不及现实壮丽。

2 quirky Manhattanites crash into each other cute at an ophthalmologist's office. Peter is a grouchy cartoonist/author whose vision is failing, divorced mother Theresa is also reluctant to plunge into a relationship right now. It's not love at first sight - both have their eyes dilated, plus Peter constantly lampoons women in his work, which book seller Theresa knows well. Loosely based on James Thurber's drawings "The War Between Men & Women," and Thurber's life, the film features animated sequences.

Classic British comedy adapted from a James Thurber story about a tweed manufacturer's elderly accountant who devises a plan to save the company from an American takeover bid. The arrival of an efficiency expert from the States causes enough of a stir but, when it turns out to be a woman, the old-fashioned number cruncher declares war. Man-eating businesswoman, Angela Barrows is sent by her US company to Edinburgh to investigate export opportunities. She meets businessman Robert MacPherson en route and he persuades her to help bring his company into the 20th century. The staff, lead by Mr. Martin, have other ideas and a battle between the old and new business methods breaks out.