简介：Jack Linden (Mark Ruffalo) and Hank Evans (Peter Krause) are best friends who both teach at the same university in a small New England town. They both have young children and Jack's wife, Terry (Laura Dern) is close with Hank's wife, Edith (Naomi Watts). But while things appear happy on the surface, there are smouldering pockets of discontent underneath. Financial struggle and domestic boredom has drained the passion from Jack and Terry's marriage, while Hank's numerous infidelities and self-absorption has prompted Edith to find both comfort and sexual fulfilment with Jack. As Jack begins spending more and more time with Edith, it becomes obvious to Terry, whose anger culminates in a sexual encounter with Hank. Now that the deception has come full circle, both couples are left to decide the futures of their shattered unions...
简介：影片主要采用讽刺的手法，"虚构"了一段历史背景, 如果当年南北战争结果是主张畜奴的南方赢了，美国不叫"美利坚合众国the United States of America"，而是成了" 美利坚联盟国 the Confederate States of America "，那么这个国家会呈现了什样的发展? 整个叙事方式就像在看History Channel，通过一个虚构的英国电视台在做这个国家发展的历史报导，就像我们平常看电视一样，偶有穿插广告，而这些广告大多是在贩卖黑奴形象（愚蠢，只会傻笑之类等）的商品 虽说是虚构，但是里头出现的某些情节却又仍可以在今天的 "the United States of America" 见踪影， 通过这样的故事安排， Kevin Willmott在这片里想说什，想问什，其实已经很明白－"Are Americans living in the United States of America or the Confederate States of Ameirca? "