格雷戈（Ben Stiller 本•斯蒂勒 饰）准备向相恋多年的女友潘米拉（Teri Polo特莉•保罗 饰）求婚时，意外获悉了求婚成功成功与否，不仅要过美人关，更要过岳父关。潘米拉的姐姐下个礼拜即将举行婚礼，届时格雷戈将和潘米拉一起回家参加婚礼。小伙子心想这次正是讨好未来岳父，搞定岳父那关的大好时机。 格雷戈的名字在美语中很容易被理解成“同性恋•性交者”的意思，有着这么个稀奇古怪的名字，注定格雷戈拜见未来岳父之行不会如他所料那般顺利。 果然，当他们来到了潘米拉家时，格雷戈虽然表现得文质彬彬，但当他总是插话时力图幽默却效果相反时，未来岳父（罗伯特•德尼罗 Robert De Niro 饰）的脸色越来越难看。
TV MX, the most powerful Mexican Television Corporation, discloses a scandalous story involving Governor Carmelo Vargas in serious crimes and illicit business. Governor Vargas worried about his political future, decides to clean his image and negotiates a billionaire secret agreement with the owners of the TV Corporation. Carlos Rojo, an ambitious young news producer, and Ricardo Diaz, TV network star reporter, are responsible for making a dirty campaign to change the image the public has of the corrupt Governor and make him, at any cost, a political star and a great presidential candidate. Mexican Television believes that democracy is a farce and has already placed one President... Will they do it again?
尼克（杰森·贝特曼 Jason Bateman 饰）在公司苦熬八年，起早贪黑卖命工作，老板戴夫（凯文·史派西 Kevin Spacey 饰）明明许诺他升职，却临时反悔还狠狠奚落了他一番；戴尔（查理·戴 Charlie Day 饰）是个牙医助手，早就对上司朱莉娅（詹妮弗·安妮斯顿 Jennifer Aniston 饰）放肆的性骚扰忍无可忍；科特（杰森·苏戴奇斯 Jason Sudeikis 饰）本被视为公司接班人，哪想老板突然暴毙，其子鲍比（柯林·法瑞尔 Colin Farrell 饰）擅自接手公司，得意洋洋发挥自己的二世祖精神，眼看就要把公司搞垮。三个在恶老板手下受挫的老友在酒吧聚头，突发奇想决定集体干掉老板，且三人分别避开自己老板出手，就能逃开嫌疑，成就完美谋杀。经过精心策划，三位老友各出奇招，一场笑料百出的“杀掉老板”计划就此展开……
