機能不全に陥った家族と、その家族を救う鍵になるかもしれないゲーム番組を描く、痛快コメディー。出演は、オークワフィナ、サンドラ・オー、ジェイソン・シュワルツマン、ホーランド・テイラー、トニー・ヘイル、ウィル・フェレル。優秀だがいつもカリカリしていて、ゲーム番組に夢中な若い女性アンと、彼女の疎遠だった姉で、人生に失敗しているジェニーは、母親のギャンブルによる借金を肩代わりするために協力しなければならなくなる。アンの愛犬が誘拐されると、2人は唯一知っている方法で現金を得るために、アメリカ横断のワイルドな旅に出る。その方法とは、アンを正真正銘のゲーム番組のチャンピオンにすることだ。監督はジェシカ・ユー、脚本はジェン・ダンジェロ。
César Neira, an almost forgotten Spanish actor, gets involved by chance with Teresa, a teacher from a small village in the province of Cáceres, who has won a radio contest. The prize is a trip to Madrid to experience just for a fortnight the life of the famous and wealthy people.
Mystery writer Barry Craig (Allyn Joslyn) and his wife Jane (Evelyn Keyes), prefer solving crimes rather than writing about them. They get a chance when killings plague the fashion photography studio of Ralph McCormick (Edmund Lowe). After his secretary, Julie Taylor(Anita Louise) reports an attempt to murder her there, Erika McCormick's (Ann Savage) Aunt Isabel Fleming (Mary Forbes) is stabbed and the evidence points to Madge Lawrence (Bess Flowers) an older model and an apparent suicide. Police Inspector Joseph Clinton (Frank Craven) declares the case closed...but then Erika is murdered.
We all love a good quiz. So here's a question - when did ordinary contestants turn into the pro-quizzers of today? Giving the answers are Victoria Coren Mitchell, Judith Keppel, Chris Tarrant, Mark Labbett, Nicholas Parsons and many more. Narrated by Ben Miller.
Adapted from the TV and radio series of the same name, the producer of said show reads letters from three woman providing the framing story for this melodrama anthology film. The tales focus on parenting and family struggles.