菲利普（凯德·麦拉德 Kad Merad 饰）在法国南部普罗旺斯的一家邮局任职了十多年，一成不变的生活和闷闷不乐的妻子朱莉（Zoé Félix 饰）令他感到压抑。为了讨妻子欢心，菲利普装扮成残疾人申请升职到南部的黄金海岸地区，却不料弄巧成拙被调派到了极北的小城贝尔格（Bergues）担任局长。在南方人眼里，那里气候寒冷恶劣，人民粗俗不堪，说话还带着难懂的Ch'ti口音，是堪比地狱的地方。
　　心灰意冷的菲利普辞别家人，忐忑不安的独自赴任。然而出乎意料的是，他发现自己的新下属们和当地的居民都很热情好客，自己也很快与邮递员安东尼（丹尼·伯恩 Dany Boon 饰）交上了朋友。菲利普逐渐爱上了这处淳朴简单的小城，但当他试图说服朱莉一同来到北方生活，却遭到了妻子的质疑……
　　本片曾获2008年欧洲电影奖及2009年法国恺撒奖提名。

　　故事发生在车水马龙川流不息的大都市纽约，杰克（小弗雷迪·普林兹 Freddie Prinze Jr. 饰）是生活在那里的一名广告人，光线的工作和生活背后，是他日复一日付出的辛劳汗水。吉尔（塔恩·曼宁 Taryn Manning 饰）初来乍到，一切都像无根浮萍，然而，外表甜美内心单纯的她却坚定的相信自己能够在这里闯出一番天地，甚至遇到一段感情。
　　就是这样一对个性和境遇都截然不同的男女，他们走到了一起，彼此之间的巨大差异反而让他们相互吸引，最终两人成为了同居室友，签订了“同居条款”。然而，随着时间的推移，杰克却开始越发在意起吉尔的一举一动起来，他觉得行踪诡异的吉尔一定有什么秘密瞒着自己。

　　An outstanding comedy whose poetic style hearkens back to the films of Wes Anderson. It tells of a youngster focused on winning the nationwide drumming championship in spite of certain obstacles – such as not having any drums! A film that is every bit as hardcore as Jimmy Page’s guitar, and every bit as endearing as Robert Plant’s waistcoats.
　　There are a lot of films that stick to the hackneyed theme of the outsider bent on fulfilling his dream in spite of all the odds – thanks to which he not only achieves his coveted success but, moreover, instils hope in the hearts of the weak and degraded through his courage and determination. But none of these films has had a protagonist as charismatic as Power – a young man obsessed with drumming drumlessly (read: steady gesticulation set to the rhythm of legendary heavy metal anthems), whose aim is to win the nationwide drumming championship, support striking miners in New Mexico and win the heart of a girl who went deaf at the age of three at a Status Quo concert. This brilliant comedy – reminiscent of the films of Wes Anderson in its fascination with bizarre twists on standard genre themes – will thrill you even if you are not a fan of 1970s hard-rock dinosaurs. But you mustn’t forget Power’s creed while you’re watching: “I don’t need drums. I am drums!"
　　About the director
　　Ari Gold received a Student Oscar in 2000 for his film Helicopter, an experimental short film in which he used authentic photography, scene reconstructions and animated sequences to tell of the tragic death of his mother. The Sundance Festival accepted Gold’s short student films for three consecutive years, and one of them – the sixty-second film Culture, which the filmmaker accompanied with a 10-point manifesto signed with the pseudonym Ari von Gold – elicited (particularly in Serbia) a wave of similar films of exactly one minute in length avowing “Dogma 99”. In addition to filmmaking, Ari Gold is also a dedicated musician – he sings in the bands The Honey Brothers and The Gold Brothers, he plays the ukulele, the piano and occasionally the drums. The film Adventures of Power is his first feature-length film.

　　犹太高中生丹尼（斯蒂文•卡普兰 Steven Kaplan 饰）在游泳池边跟晒太阳的朋友讲述着自己的不幸遭遇。原来，丹尼被点名筹办本届高中毕业舞会，但是身为单身汉的他连个一起出席的女友都没有。在家庭餐桌上，大伙都对丹尼的前景不看好，鼓励他先找个女友增加自信。于是，丹尼向热情奔放的拉拉队女孩伸出了橄榄枝，并且还在约会中拉来了身经百战的父亲（威廉姆•H•梅西 William H. Macy 饰）。不过，显然名不符实的父亲并没有帮到丹尼什么忙，反而令出尽洋相。此后，丹尼开始对肥胖好友展开了攻势，曾经针锋相对的两个人要想坦诚相见也并非易事。混乱中，课堂上一个亚裔女孩对丹尼示好，约他到家中共进午餐，不过巨大的文化差异还是让丹尼没办法获得泡妞的自信。面对重重困难，丹尼能够办成这场舞会吗？

　　泰勒（马修·布罗德里克 Matthew Broderick 饰）是一名电视节目制作人，混迹在鱼龙混杂的娱乐圈子里，泰勒沾染上了一身的臭毛病，赌博抽烟酗酒无所不能。一天，泰勒震惊的得知，自己的外甥女阿曼达（布兰特妮·斯诺 Brittany Snow 饰）竟然在拉斯维加斯做了脱衣舞女郎，在妻子的强烈要求下，泰勒只得踏上了前往拉斯维加斯的旅途，他的任务只有一个，就是劝说阿曼达改邪归正。
　　然而，上梁不正下梁歪的泰勒并没有足够的威信说服阿曼达弃恶从良，不仅如此，他也因为赌债而惹上了一身的麻烦。一连串意外的发生让泰勒和阿曼达同时感受到，他们已经深陷泥潭，是时候做出改变了。