为了和家人一同庆祝感恩节，广告商人尼尔（史蒂夫·马丁 Steve Martin 饰）坐上了飞往芝加哥的飞机，在机场，一个名叫德尔（约翰·坎迪 John Candy 饰）的粗俗男子让他无法忍受，不幸的是，他们在飞机上竟毗邻而坐。本以为忍过两个半小时的旅程就可逃出生天，没想到暴风雪的袭来让飞机更改了航线。 在误打误撞之中，尼尔和德尔住进了同一个房间，屋漏偏逢连夜雨，小偷的造访又让他们丢掉了所有的家当...
A couple with a large blended family has grown apart. When the wife is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, their life breaks down and exposes neglected love....
A divorced Frenchman who lives in Paris with his young son. One day he finds out that his father, who was originally from Quebec and whom he never met, has died. And so he decides to head to Montreal ...