四年前妻子离世后，家庭教育专栏作家丹•伯恩斯（史蒂夫•卡瑞尔 饰）独立抚养教育三个女儿。虽然他专职为父母们排忧解难，但是面对自己苦闷封闭的现实生活、孩子的成长问题，却束手无策。 为了缓解人生危机，丹带着全家回乡，盼望能够找到新的生活方向。不料事与愿违，唠叨的父母和爱嘲弄的亲戚让他更为郁闷；而在书店里偶遇的玛丽（朱丽叶特•比诺什 饰）让他重见阳光；可是意想不到的是玛丽竟然是弟弟米奇（戴恩•库克 饰）的女朋友……亲情。爱情不如意的丹，是选择向生活妥协，还是会勇于冲破障碍追求美好未来？
舞台上，著名相声演员舒怀（赵炎 饰）和搭档谢林（郑健 饰）逗得观众哈哈直笑，台下掌声雷动，观众欢呼要求返场，并且要求说个新段子。但是舒怀成名后疲于应对各种社交应酬，没有精力潜心创作，弄得他在梦中困在舞台上羞愧难当。正在焦急万分的时候，他被老婆梅英从睡梦中叫醒，梅英和他商量要给他母亲操办六十大寿。妻子前脚刚走，有客来访邀请舒怀参加即将举行的曲艺大奖赛，当然他必须为此拿出新的段子。舒怀叫上谢林躲到某渔村搞创作，而过上新生活的村里请客送礼的歪风蔚然成行。才出狼穴，又入虎口。 新的人情网让舒怀更加苦不堪言……
故事发生在当代的上海。陆敏（肖博 饰）是一名面临高考的高中生，由于没有显赫的家庭背景，能否考取重点大学，将来找份好的工作，成了他当前心中的最大负担。他妈妈芳芳（宋丹丹 饰）是典型的上海家庭妇女，过日子精打细算，毎天热衷于参加电视台各种有奖知识竞赛，家里大到冰箱洗衣机，小到肥皂洗衣粉，都是她参加这些活动搬回家的。陆敏的爸爸大义（傅彪 饰）下岗后频频参加各种再就业培训，但毎逢面试准砸锅，好不容易找到一份陪酒员工作，也因不胜酒力被送进医院。就这样，一家三口奔波在各自的考场上，面对生活的种种困忧，他们象大多数家庭一样，别无选择......
An outstanding comedy whose poetic style hearkens back to the films of Wes Anderson. It tells of a youngster focused on winning the nationwide drumming championship in spite of certain obstacles – such as not having any drums! A film that is every bit as hardcore as Jimmy Page’s guitar, and every bit as endearing as Robert Plant’s waistcoats. There are a lot of films that stick to the hackneyed theme of the outsider bent on fulfilling his dream in spite of all the odds – thanks to which he not only achieves his coveted success but, moreover, instils hope in the hearts of the weak and degraded through his courage and determination. But none of these films has had a protagonist as charismatic as Power – a young man obsessed with drumming drumlessly (read: steady gesticulation set to the rhythm of legendary heavy metal anthems), whose aim is to win the nationwide drumming championship, support striking miners in New Mexico and win the heart of a girl who went deaf at the age of three at a Status Quo concert. This brilliant comedy – reminiscent of the films of Wes Anderson in its fascination with bizarre twists on standard genre themes – will thrill you even if you are not a fan of 1970s hard-rock dinosaurs. But you mustn’t forget Power’s creed while you’re watching: “I don’t need drums. I am drums!" About the director Ari Gold received a Student Oscar in 2000 for his film Helicopter, an experimental short film in which he used authentic photography, scene reconstructions and animated sequences to tell of the tragic death of his mother. The Sundance Festival accepted Gold’s short student films for three consecutive years, and one of them – the sixty-second film Culture, which the filmmaker accompanied with a 10-point manifesto signed with the pseudonym Ari von Gold – elicited (particularly in Serbia) a wave of similar films of exactly one minute in length avowing “Dogma 99”. In addition to filmmaking, Ari Gold is also a dedicated musician – he sings in the bands The Honey Brothers and The Gold Brothers, he plays the ukulele, the piano and occasionally the drums. The film Adventures of Power is his first feature-length film.
