工作狂迈克（本·斯蒂勒BenStiller饰）的父母意外身亡后，他不得不前往俄亥俄州的老家暂时照顾四个淘气的侄子，一开始说好只需照顾他们三天，不料却开启了为期几周的混乱农场生活，而迈克也逐渐意识到，他不需要再为孩子们寻找新家了。

John Marino is a Florida construction worker struggling to make ends meet, while bringing up his son, Chris, and dealing with the increasing irrationality of Mary, his schizophrenic wife. For Chris, his mother's erratic …