霍华德(凯文·克莱恩 Kevin Kline 饰)是一名在高中里任教的老师,一辈子勤勤恳恳的教书育人,获得了朋友和学生们的尊重。霍华德和女友艾米丽(琼·库萨克 Joan Cusack 饰)的爱情长跑终于要开花结果了,再过不久,他们就将携手步入婚姻的殿堂,许下相守一生的诺言。
一天,霍华德在艾米丽家,和他的未婚妻一起观看奥斯卡颁奖典礼,让他感到不可思议的是,影帝的殊荣竟然颁发给了他曾经的学生。深感自豪之余,这位新晋影帝的一番获奖感言却将霍华德打落谷底,在成千上万的观众面前,霍华德竟然“被出柜”了。果不其然,艾米丽大怒,霍华德跳进黄河也洗不清冤屈。
“Everything’s Going to be Great” is a funny and sad valentine to big dreamers whose dreams won’t necessarily come true. It’s about individuality vs conformity. It’s about fantasy vs reality. But mostly it’s about family, as it follows a year in the life of a family struggling with defining success, ghosts, identity, and regional theatre. Lester Smart has always felt his life was headed in one direction....the theater. And he will sing and dance whatever number he needs to do to be center stage.
Victoria is addicted to the internet and work, and has bad relationships with her teenage kids, who live with their dad. Her life changes when her kids visit for a few days and a solar storm causes a global internet blackout.