劳拉（Laura）和瑞安（Ryan）彼此是完美的：他们俩都爱梅丽尔·斯特里普（Meryl Streep），之前的恋爱已将他们彻底摧毁，他们也不知道今晚应该做什么。 他们俩都知道，他们必须假装与以前完全不同，以期这次能做到正确。 第二次约会真的有多糟糕，还有什么要损失的？ 瑞安（Ryan）和劳拉（Laura）即将发现。

　　Edward Dunstan is an artist obsessed by his muse. Every photograph and every movie conveyed the same meaning: What he wanted to see. His muse waited in vain for him to see her as she was, but he could not. And so, like the mermaid in his latest movie who grew legs and left him, so does his muse. For months his days and nights are filled with watching her on the screen. His anger turns to self-pity... turns to acceptance... Only now does he understand what he put her through. When his latest letter to her is returned, he binds himself in chains and climbs into the very tank of water his muse spent many unhappy hours.

　　丹麦王子哈姆雷特（肯尼思·布拉纳 Kenneth Branagh 饰）被传召回家参加父亲的葬礼以及自己母亲和叔父克劳迪斯的婚礼。父亲的突然离世，加上母亲的改嫁，使哈姆雷特终日郁郁寡欢。一次哈姆雷特在半夜里来到城堡高台上，与父亲的鬼魂相会，得知父王被叔父克劳迪斯毒死。鬼魂要求哈姆雷特向那个篡夺王位、霸占王妃的凶手复仇。背负了复仇任务的哈姆雷特决定用假装发疯的办法来掩饰自己，以窥探克劳迪斯的一举一动。随后他安排了一场宫廷戏，将国王被害一幕以戏剧形式表演出来。叔父看后原形毕露，而哈姆雷特却误杀了恋人（凯特·温丝莱特 Kate Winslet 饰）的父亲，导致恋人发疯死去。随后哈姆雷特的母亲也饮毒酒死亡，最终哈姆雷特愤怒杀死叔父。

　　16年来，bentley小姐一直在科莫湖边的美丽的依山别墅里度过四月。她父亲是伦敦上流社会的艺术家，1937年刚刚去世，现在她唯一的讲英语的客人就是那些随便的美国人了。

当有些神经质、苦苦挣扎的词曲作家凯瑟琳·布朗在纽约的生活就快崩溃时，她不得不去面对自己的过去。她花了整个夏天的时间在她小时候成长的家生活，最终明白了要想成功首先要做真正的自己。