Starlings follows the lives of a typical working-class family who live in Derbyshire. Granddad has recently moved in, following an incident at the old folks' home. Rather than see him unhappy, Terry and his kind-hearted wife, Jan, decide to move his father into their already crammed family home.展開
萊斯特（凱文?史派 Kevin Spacey 飾）跟許多中年男人一樣，遇到了種各樣的人生難題.。他在一個(gè)廣告公司工，成績平平，但是妻卻比他混得出色，一女強(qiáng)人作風(fēng)。這個(gè)平的男人還有一個(gè)未成的女兒珍妮（索拉?奇 Thora Birch飾）。珍妮性格叛逆，被大蜂居偷拍裸還覺得很好玩，滿不乎。她有一個(gè)要好的學(xué)安吉拉（米娜?蘇麗 Mena Suvari ），當(dāng)萊斯特在拉拉隊(duì)的人周禮中看了充滿青春活力的安拉，一切都改變了。斯特陷入了阿安吉拉輕鮮活的氣息當(dāng)中。死氣沉沉的心境有了燒的感覺。而此時(shí)，的妻子，也和另外一富商有了私情。當(dāng)萊特得到了他心目中的輕女神，槍聲也隨之起…?
