讲述了一对夫妻为了帮助好友说服好友爸爸不将她介绍给一个秃顶老头儿的故事,故事情节搞笑幽默,啼笑皆非。
巴克(约翰·坎迪 John Candy 饰)是一名快乐的单身汉,既然一个人生活,那么在日常中,他难免会大大咧咧笨手笨脚些。本以为一个人的生活会一直持续下去,谁知道某一日,哥哥鲍勃(加勒特·布朗 Garrett M. Brown 饰)和嫂子辛迪(Elaine Bromka 饰)邀请他到他们家做客,并且将他们的三个孩子托付给了巴克照料。 很快,巴克乐呵呵的个性便得到了年幼的梅兹(盖比·霍夫曼 Gaby Hoffmann 饰)和迈尔斯(麦考利·卡尔金 Macaulay Culkin 饰)的喜爱,只有正处于叛逆期的提亚(珍·路易莎·凯利 Jean Louisa Kelly 饰)依然对他十分的戒备和抗拒。但是没有关系,真诚总是动人的,随着时间的推移,巴克和三个孩子之间产生了真挚的感情。
Andy is a writer for newspaper classifieds who has been bouncing from relationship-to-relationship since sixth grade. Throughout the film, he loses custody of his dog when his girlfriend, Cheryl, breaks up with him for another man. Andy then meets Lorna, a children's TV show host, but she is too obsessed with her own dog to commit to a relationship with Andy. She's also still smiting because her boyfriend Trevor, left her for Andy's ex, Cheryl. Andy also has a fling with another woman, Keiran. Meanwhile, Cheryl takes Andy's dog to a psychiatrist, who tells her that her promiscuity is traumatizing the dog.