Marty(柯林·法瑞尔 Colin Farrell 饰)是一个爱喝酒的电影编剧,他的好友Billy(山姆·洛克威尔 Sam Rockwell 饰)则和Hans(克里斯托弗·沃肯 Christopher Walken饰)靠偷狗然后把狗还回给失主来赚钱。Marty近期在写 一个叫《七个神经病》的剧本,却没有什么灵感,于是Billy给他提供了一些素材。有一个神经病是一个杀手,每次杀完人都会扔下一张J扑克牌,有一个越南的复仇者,有一个自刎的贵格教徒....Billy偷了一条狗,这条狗是一个黑帮老大Charlie(伍迪·哈里森 Woody Harrelson 饰)的爱犬。Charlie丢了他视如生命的狗,到处在寻找。他找到了Hans住院的妻子并杀害了她。Billy知道这件事后,愤怒的将他的情人杀害,而她也是Charlie的情人,随后Billy扔下了一张扑克牌。原来Billy就是那个神经病杀手。他和Marty、Hans来到野外继续写剧本,同时他也让Charlie单枪匹马前来决斗.....
圣诞节就要来临了,只身一人在加州念书的杰克(乔纳森·泰勒·托马斯 Jonathan Taylor Thomas 饰)打算利用自己的圣诞假期来一场旅行,然而,杰克的父亲希望儿子能够回到家里和家人们团聚,最终,在父亲的威逼利诱之下,杰克取消了旅行,并且还打算带上新结交的女友一同回家。 哪知道就在动身前夕,杰克的同学对他进行了恶作剧,杰克穿上了内里涂有强力胶水的圣诞老人装,再也无法脱下来了。不仅如此,他还被丢在了荒无人烟的野外,口袋里一个子也没有。眼看着和父亲约定的时间就要来临,如果不能按时回家,那么父亲许诺的奖品就无法兑现。
In a confused welter of artistic licence, this is the classical music biopic which makes 'Song to Remember'look like a masterpiece. Bogarde succeeds in diminishing the reputation of the musical colossus who spanned European music for most of the 19th Century. The absurdities of the plot, the sequoia-like quality of the acting and the prevalence of historical,musical and linguistic anachronisms combine to elevate this offering to the status of an A1 turkey.How a pianist of the stature of Bolet came to be mixed up in this fiasco can only be guessed at. The characterisation of Liszt fails to convey even a minute impression of his magnetic personality and the overwhelming effect that he had on not only his audiences, but also his pianistic rivals.Clara Schumann herself said that 'we toil over that which Liszt reads at sight!' Whilst the emphasis seems to focus on his romantic prowess,rather than his status as the greatest pianist of the century or,arguably, of all time, one feels,nevertheless, that this was an opportunity lost.