查理·布朗和爸爸、妈妈、莎莉约好感恩节一起去奶奶家吃晚饭，薄荷·帕蒂则打电话告诉他：感恩节她约了玛茜和富兰克林来查理·布朗家吃饭。查理只得先和他们一起吃饭，然而他把晚餐做得一团糟，并且误了去奶奶家的时间。查理·布朗打电话向奶奶道歉，而奶奶邀请查理的朋友一起过去吃感恩节宴席。

哈维·贝克（保罗·吉尔马迪 Paul Giamatti 饰）是美国弗吉尼亚州一家医院内的文件管理员，他貌不惊人，从小就有着与众不同的独立思想，然而他的生活如此糟糕。哈维的工作枯燥无聊，两次婚姻都一塌糊涂，业余时间就是躲在家中看漫画、听爵士乐唱片。偶然的机会，哈维结识了漫画家罗伯特·哥伦布（James Urbaniak 饰），他从对方那里受到启发，决定以漫画的形式汇出自己的人生。似乎，一切就此发生改变……

本片根据哈维·贝克（Harvey Pekar）的漫画改编，并荣获2003年戛纳电影节国际影评人费比西奖特别致意、2003年纽约影评人协会最佳女主角和最佳处女作奖等各大电影节近30个奖项。

Candyman tells the amazing true story of David Klein, an eccentric candy inventor from LA, who came up with the concept of Jelly Belly® jellybeans. These colorful beans became a pop culture phenomenon, revolutionized the candy industry and were personally endorsed by Ronald Reagen. However, David's eccentric personality and peculiar sense of business led him to leave Jelly Belly just as it was about to explode and grow into a billion dollar enterprise. Is there room for eccentric genius in the modern corporate world? The film tells how Klein may have lost his beans, but kept his soul.

Joe spends a lot of his time at Nick's Pacific Street Saloon. Tom, who credits Joe with once saving his life, stops by regularly to run errands for Joe. Today, Tom notices a woman named Kitty when she comes into Nick's, and he quickly falls in love with her. Meanwhile, a distraught young man repeatedly calls his girlfriend, begging her to marry him. Nick himself muses on all the various persons who come into his bar, some to ask for work and others just to pass the time.