史蒂夫(比尔·默瑞 Bill Murray 饰)是一名海洋纪录片导演,他的作品曾经为许多孩子的童年披上了梦幻的色彩。在一次拍摄中,史蒂夫的老朋友死于美洲虎鲨之口,这让史蒂夫深受打击,他发誓要找到虎鲨,为友报仇,并且将此作为新片的题材。在发布会上,史蒂夫遇见了自称是自己儿子的耐德(欧文·威尔逊 Owen Wilson 饰),他遂邀请这个年轻人加入他的创作团队。史蒂夫要面临的难题很多,资金短缺,和妻子的感情不和,并且,他所拍摄的纪录片已经渐渐的失去了吸引力。
一位名叫珍妮(凯特·布兰切特 Cate Blanchett)的记者加入了史蒂夫的团队,她要为他写一本个人传记,然而,她和史蒂夫的相处并不融洽,倒是和耐德越走越近,这让史蒂夫醋意大发。同时,耐德的真实身份也让史蒂夫心寸怀疑。一群海盗的光临让史蒂夫的计划彻底破产,一名船员也惨遭绑架,面对这样糟糕的境况,身经百战的史蒂夫能够完成他的复仇计划吗?
Martijn visits, after several years without contact, his sister Daantje. Daantje, just started to live on her own in Amsterdam. He tells her he is going to make a documentary from Daantje's live. Martijn enters her live with a videocamera. This creates a tension between Daantje and her brother, because he want to recall something which happend between them in the past. To keep Martijn at a distance Daantje starts a relation with Ramon. Then Martijn gets between them. He manage to talk her over to remember and talk over the things happend when they were kids. This helps him to overcome his obsession for his sister and after playing over the history he finally is able to see her without the videocamera like he did during the whole movie.