הכוכבים של שלומי (2003)

在德州的一个小镇上，五个徒有梦想却不付诸行动的年轻人，整天在街上瞎晃度日，期待自己有一天能闯出什么名堂来。有一天，高中旧识邦尼返乡探望他们，从此一切都不一样了……

现年16岁的的塞巴斯蒂安（ 阿萨·巴特菲尔德 饰）和他的奶奶在测地穹顶旅游胜地度过了他一生中的大部分时光。在那里，塞巴斯蒂安的奶奶向他讲授了她的前导师的未来主义教义，希望有朝一日塞巴斯蒂安能够继承，让世界变得更美好。

利奥和安吉拉·鲁索在皇后区过着简朴的生活，周围都是傲慢的美籍意大利家庭。当他们的儿子“Sticks”在他的高中篮球队中获得成功时，利奥为了实现这一目标而让家人伤心不已。

Thomas is a meek man on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Despite his situation he decides to fake a work trip to go to Vallarta to confront Jero, a taxi driver who is sleeping with his wife.

After returning to her childhood home, young nun Colleen finds her old room exactly how she left it: painted black and covered in goth and metal posters. Her parents are happy enough to see her, but her brother is living as a recluse in the guesthouse since returning home from the Iraq war.

Duncan is a genius straight A student, Blade is juvenile delinquent. But because of a mix up with their school records, everyone thinks each is the other one. Now, Duncan kind of likes the attention from being thought of as a real bad dude, if only the school bully would stop trying to rough him up. And Blade definitely likes being thought of as important instead of as trouble.

　　艾米莉这个充满干劲的热血16岁小女生越长大越觉得沮丧，她的妈妈萨曼莎（克里斯汀·肯诺恩斯 饰），是个高效超能专注于事业的女性，他爸爸邓肯（马修·莫迪恩 饰），是一个快乐的艺术家，谁都没空指导女儿，而女儿无论做什么父母总是唱反调不支持，这让艾米莉超级不爽决定绑架父母教训他们一番，并联合兄弟姐妹要整顿家庭秩序，让这个家再次成为一个“家庭”。

这是一个混乱无序的家庭，在一场灾难发生之后，痛不欲生的母亲，态度冷漠的哥哥和严肃古板的父亲--而15岁的比利成为了家人之间保持联系的唯一纽带。当比利准备采取行动时，对于自己和这个家庭而言，都将是翻天覆地的变化。