这是一部搞笑的爱情轻喜剧,主角就是大名鼎鼎的科学家爱因斯坦(沃尔特·马修 Walter Matthau 饰),他在侄女凯瑟琳(梅格·瑞安 Meg Ryan饰)的终身大事上操了不少心。凯瑟琳对伴侣的要求是智商超群,头脑发达,因此,心理学家詹姆斯(斯蒂芬·弗雷 Stephen Fry饰)虽然人品有些不足,却可以满足她这个首要条件。然而,爱因斯坦的心中却令有人选,那就是高中未毕业的工人艾德(蒂姆·罗宾斯 Tim Robbins饰)。尽管艾德智商不出众,却被爱因斯坦发掘出他能成为好老公的资质。
如何说服凯瑟琳看上艾德成为了爱因斯坦和他一帮大科学家朋友们的头痛事。而自信爆棚的詹姆斯更是设下屏障企图让艾德彻底出出丑。艾德在IQ似乎要逊詹姆斯一筹,要赢得美人芳心,就要看大科学家们如何联袂相助了。
有着先天性智障的詹姆斯(小库珀·古丁 Cuba Gooding Jr. 饰)从小到大都是众人嘲笑的对象,由于他总带着一个收音机,“收音机”就成为了他的代号。没事的时候,詹姆斯喜欢呆在汉娜高中体育场,久而久之,一个名叫哈罗德(艾德·哈里斯 Ed Harris 饰)的教练注意到了他。
在又一次被人捉弄后,哈罗德帮詹姆斯解了围,不仅如此,他还当众宣布,从此往后,詹姆斯将会是他的橄榄球队中的一员。哈罗德的这个决定让队员们十分不解,但很快,他们就发现了詹姆斯身上所闪耀着的人性光辉。在詹姆斯乐观情绪的影响下,球队屡战屡胜,队员之间的关系也更加紧密,詹姆斯不仅走出了生命中的灰暗地带,还将快乐和希望带给了更多的人。
Beto is a lonely man who works as Ranger of the isolated Peninsula Valdes' National Park (Chubut, Argentina). Lover of the nature and animals, the peace of his days watching orcas, seals and sea lions in the sea ends after the arrival of Lola, a Spanish mother who travels there from Madrid with his autistic 11 years old son Tristán looking for Beto after both watch him in a documentary about whales. Desperate, Lola asks help Beto in order to make a therapy for Tristán, hoping that his isolation caused by the autism can be overcome. Reluctant at the beginning, Beto agrees to help Tristán, sailing by the cost in a boat to meet orcas (defying the rules that prevent touching them and swimming them), the only one that causes emotional responses in Tristán. As days go by, Tristán starts slowly to express emotions, in the same way that Beto's boss tries to fire him in the belief that orcas are a dangerous killers whales, Lola realizes about a familiar trouble in Spain and that they Lola and ...