波皮(莎莉·霍金斯 Sally Hawkins 饰)已经三十岁了,她是个普通的小学教师,没有房子,没有存款,仍旧单身,不再年轻也就不再漂亮……但是与沮丧现实相反的,是波皮极端乐观的个性,她明媚开朗得像涉世未深的孩子,甚至在一些外人眼里亢奋得不大正常。她练习蹦床,却遭到肌肉拉伤,方知自己年龄已经不适合这项运动,只好改学弗拉门戈舞;她去学车打算考驾照,却因为表现得太过活泼亲热,引来严肃的学车教练斯考特(艾迪·马森 Eddie Marsan 饰)愤怒爆发,认为她在挑逗他……波皮“无忧无虑”的性格,不符合年龄的乐观,似乎已经与周围的一切格格不入……。A descent into Hell is triggered when "Ex-Lord" Donald Brocklebank finds that he must leave Longleigh House for London to find a way to pay for the medical treatments for his wife Nancy. Alone, his over-protected, delusional, adult son, James, fancies himself in charge of the manor house with his terminally ill mother, and barricades the two of them into the house for a series ...。Four intersecting tales shed light on the difficult lives of suburbanites. Esther (Glenn Close) nurses her comatose son (Joshua Jackson) while ignoring the rest of the family, and workaholic attorney Jim (Dermot Mulroney) overlooks his wife (Moira Kelly), losing control when he doesn't get an expected promotion. Meanwhile, Annette (Patricia Clarkson) and her family struggle to ...。