在20世纪70年代的英国,三个蓝领好友整天过着相互逗乐,喝酒,打架,泡妞的生活。弗雷迪(克里斯蒂安·库克 Christian Cooke 饰)是一个保险推销员,但他想离开解工人阶级队伍,告别这样的生活方式。但是充满魅力的布鲁斯(汤姆·休斯 Tom Hughes 饰)和永远泡不到姑娘的失败者斯诺克(杰克·多兰 Jack Doolan 饰)却很享受这样的幸福生活。而当弗雷迪获得了一份上门推销保险的推销员工作后,却在一天意外遇到了他旧时的老相好朱丽(菲丽希缇·琼斯 Felicity Jones 饰),而同时,这个三人小团体也被迫抉择,是否要永远的改变他们当前的生活方式......It's 1973 in Cemetery Junction, a Reading suburb. Three working class lads, best friends, are coming of age. Freddie wants to rise above his station, taking a job selling life insurance, wearing a suit and tie. Snork works at the railway station and wants a girlfriend some day. Bruce talks of leaving but seems on track to work at a factory, drink and fight, and become like his dad, in front of the telly with beer on hand; and he's trying the patience of the police officer who gets him out of jams. Freddie's job leads the lads toward a few small changes. He runs across a childhood friend, Julie, his boss's daughter who's engaged to the firm's top seller. Can the lads break out?