Locotenentul Caleb Holt se confruntă cu vechea lege nescrisă a pompierilor: să nu-ți abandonezi niciodată partenerul! Când se află în interiorul clădirilor în flăcări se lasă întotdeauna ghidat de extraordinarul său instinct. Cu căsnicia sa, însă, e altă poveste. După un deceniu de căsătorie, Caleb și Catherine Holt s-au îndepărtat atât de mult unul de altul, că sunt gata să se despartă. Și în timp ce se pregătesc de divorț, tatăl lui Caleb îl roagă pe fiul său să încerce un experiment pe care-l numește "Provocarea dragostei". Deși speră că această nouă provocare nu are nimic de-a face cu noua convingere religioasă a părinților, Caleb o acceptă. Va putea el să-și iubească soția, în timp ce evită dragostea pe care i-o arată Dumnezeu? Va fi el în stare să-și demonstreze din nou dragostea pentru o persoană care-i refuză sentimentele? Sau, pur și simplu, e vorba despre altă căsnicie care se duce de râpă?
Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to clear her head, Finn visits her grandmother, Hy, and great aunt, Glady Joe Cleary, in Grasse, Calif. There, Finn learns that Hy and Glady Joe are members of a group of passionate quilters, and over the course of her visit she is regaled with tales of love and life by women who have collected rich experiences and much wisdom.
Înarmate cu sfaturile dintr-o carte de succes, patru femei caută să-și rezolve problemele de cuplu, dar bărbații din viața lor le află secretul.
Jerry Falk, an aspiring writer in New York, falls in love at first sight with a free-spirited young woman named Amanda. He has heard the phrase that life is like "anything else," but soon he finds that life with the unpredictable Amanda isn't like anything else at all.
Awkward teenager Charlie Bartlett has trouble fitting in at a new high school. Charlie needs some friends fast, and decides that the best way to find them is to appoint himself the resident psychiatrist. He becomes one of the most popular guys in school by doling out advice and, occasionally, medication, to the student body.
Publishing assistant Brett Eisenberg wants to be a big-time editor. However, she lacks self-confidence, a problem that isn't helped by her new, overbearing boss. Brett soon enters into a relationship with Archie, an older man who has plenty of his own issues, including alcoholism, diabetes and a difficult relationship with his daughter. Intent on helping Archie get past his problems, she turns to her dying father for advice.
After being dumped by his model girlfriend, aspiring writer Quincy Watson quits his job and is inspired to pen the ultimate how-to book on breaking up. When it becomes a smash bestseller, he starts giving his player cousin, Evan, choice tips on how to win the battle of the sexes. After Evan's beautiful girlfriend, Nikki, utters the words "we need to talk", Evan panics and decides to leave her before she can leave him. But when Nikki realizes Evan's connection to break-up guru Quincy, it's these players that end up getting played.
When it comes to women, playboy Mike has all the right moves. So when Mike's buddies ask for advice on how to reconnect with their wives, Mike figures he'll share some secrets and help the guys regain their marriage mojo. But when Mike's lessons start backfiring with hilarious results, it takes a beautiful, no-nonsense friend to show Mike he still has a thing or two to learn about relationships.
Ken Blanchard describes six keys to successful teamwork, all found in a Hollywood movie classic.
The lovesick B.O. Skunk is having no luck finding a mate, when Cupid gives him a book called "Advice for the Love-Worn" to help him out.
A very stressed young woman is dismayed to find herself behaving like her own mother, with whom she has an extremely combative relationship.
A septuagenarian woman from St. Louis, Missouri has been a miniaturist, businesswoman, museum president, Girl Scout leader, teacher, student, mother, daughter, and most of all, an indomitable human spirit. Life is what you make it.
Thomas cannot get over his breakup. He heads to the fast food restaurant run by his friends Mickael and Ramzi. They do everything possible to give him generally useful pieces of advice.
With the help of his friends, an average schmuck tries pull off the near-impossible task of cheating on his girlfriend without her finding out.
What are one week films? They're an assignment we do our first week back at CalArts, designed to dust off cobwebs by throwing us straight into the deep end. Our class theme was "square," and we had a lot of fun playing around with compositions inspired by East Asian graphic design.
The late artist, Frida Kahlo, provides advice on life.