本(罗伯特·德尼罗 Robert De Niro 饰)是一个失意的好莱坞制片人,当他把全部的筹码压在了他正在制作的那部电影上时,他意识到自己犯了一个巨大的错误。夹在强势的电影公司老板和暴躁的导演杰里(迈克尔·温科特 Michael Wincott 饰)之间,本受尽了委屈,明星经纪人提出的各种匪夷所思的要求也让他气不打一处来,更糟糕的是,麻烦的事情还远远不止于此。 为了缓解婚姻上的压力,本和妻子凯利(罗宾·怀特 Robin Wright 饰)决定分居,这一决定本该有利于修复本和凯利之间的感情问题,没想到却让两人之间的距离越来越远,同时,本的女儿佐伊(克里斯汀·斯图尔特 Kristen Stewart 饰)似乎和编剧斯科特(斯坦利·图齐 Stanley Tucci 饰)有着暧昧不明的关系,而据本所知,斯科特是一个彻头彻尾的花花公子。A week in the life of Ben, a powerful Hollywood producer, as he juggles negotiations with a studio head so that his newest picture can open at Cannes in two weeks, with a high-strung director who must make edits to the film, with an actor and his agent because the star has arrived on the set of a new picture with a full beard, and with his most recent ex-wife, Kelly, whom he discovers may have a lover. He also notices that his 17-year old daughter, from another marriage, has probably been crying. What's up? Can Ben keep it all together, get the green light from the studio to go to Cannes, move his new picture past the beard crisis, and maybe return to Kelly's good graces?