一度备受好评的纽约剧作家NATE（Jemaine Clement饰）正在努力完成他的新剧，当时他的妻子（Maria Dizzia）离开了他，带走了他们的儿子....
讲述一个一毛不拔的小提琴家被一个爱慕者和突然找上门来的女儿一起改造的故事。
A story of nephew and a son which revolves around their emotions and village drama and army based story.
During a cross-country lecture tour, notoriously acerbic radio personality Sheridan Whiteside slips on the icy steps of the house of the Stanleys, a prominent Ohio family, and is forced to recuperate in their home during the Christmas holidays. The overbearing, self-centered celebrity soon comes to dominate the lives of the residents and everyone else who enters the household. He encourages young adults Richard and June Stanley to pursue their dreams, much to the dismay of their conventional father Ernest. Meanwhile, Whiteside's spinster assistant Maggie Cutler finds herself attracted to local newspaperman Bert Jefferson. When she reads Bert's play, she is so impressed she asks Whiteside to show it to his contacts, and then announces she will quit his employment and marry Bert. However, her boss is loath to lose such an efficient aide and does his best to sabotage the blossoming romance...
温卡哈·南奈度，幼年丧父、母亲改嫁，他和继父以及同母异父弟弟难以相处，愤而离家。儿时一身反骨，特别崇拜《复仇的火焰》里面的头号大恶棍贾巴尔·辛格，遂以此名号自居。长大后，他成为公德威都城的警察局局长，嫉恶如仇，除暴安良，威震四方。 希达帕，当地流氓头目，霸道蛮横，为非作歹，气焰嚣张，妄图将其魔爪伸向政治领域从而牟利。选举前夕恰逢贾巴尔·辛格走马上任，两人互不相让，明争暗斗，血雨腥风。 巴亚拉希米，小镇里美人一个，靠出卖手工艺品为生。贾巴尔·辛格对她一见钟情，然后展开猛烈追求。但由于父亲嗜酒如命，她决定只要父亲在世她将不会结婚。
