Beverly和Violet（梅丽尔·斯特里普 Meryl Streep 饰）是一对老夫妻了，如今的他们，一个靠喝酒，另一个靠嗑药来维持这段夫妻关系。一天早上，Beverly出了家门后就再也没回来，Violet只能把他们的三个女儿还有她的表妹、表妹夫叫到家里来。二女儿Ivy来到了，之后大女儿Barbara（朱莉娅·罗伯茨 Julia Roberts 饰）和丈夫Bill（伊万·麦克格雷格 Ewan..
Desiree Banner may own her own record company but she has struggled to find her perfect melody since leaving the band she once headlined with her brothers Mitchell and Johnny