Raúl, Eduardo and Santiago have led a happy and "straight" life since their childhood, until, one day, Santiago confesses to them that he is gay.
39歲的布倫南•哈夫(威爾•法瑞爾 Will Ferrell 飾)無業,一直在母親南希(瑪麗•斯汀伯根 Mary Steenburgen 飾)家蹭吃蹭住。40歲的戴爾•多巴克(約翰•賴利 John Reilly 飾)也是個與父親羅伯特(理查德•詹金斯 Richard Jenkins 飾)住在一起的大齡男,靠父親的接濟生活。南希與羅伯特一見鍾情,婚後搬入羅伯特家居住,布倫南也隨母親一起搬入,從此被迫以繼兄弟的身份與戴爾同處一室。二人從相互敵視逐漸成為最佳拍檔,共同對付布倫南的優秀弟弟德里克(亞當•斯科特 Adam Scott 飾),玩鬧得不亦樂乎。可沒想到他們的胡作非為卻毀了父母剛建立起來的美滿婚姻,二人後悔萬分,終於決定痛改前非……
在小鎮上,一個年輕人遊手好閒無所事事,於是他決定去紐約碰碰運氣。影片講述了1925年發生在美國西部牛仔的故事,風格搞笑幽默。 A young man who doesnt find a job in his small hometown, tries his luck in New York, but is overwelmed by the life of the city, so decides to try his luck somewhere else after a only a few minutes in New York. He falls off a train near a ranch, where he tries his luck as a cowbowy, being in his own way very sucessf...