丈母娘与继母的激烈爱抚技巧

　　After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon satellite "Hercules" but discovers soon that it doesn't have enough fire power. Their only chance to save the world is to join forces with the USSR who have also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?

 故事发生在加州酒店之中。著名演员戴安娜（玛吉·史密斯 Maggie Smith 饰）和丈夫西德尼入住酒店，戴安娜获得了奥斯卡金像奖的提名，信心满满的她相信自己一定能够获奖，哪知道事与愿违，愤怒的戴安娜只想着赶紧离开这个让她感到伤心的地方。汉娜（简·方达 Jane Fonda 饰）带着女儿也住在酒店之中，她此行的目的是和同自己离婚已久的前夫比尔（阿伦·阿尔达 Alan Alda 饰）见面。女儿烦透了母亲的独断专决，希望能够留在这里和父亲生活一段时间。马文（沃尔特·马修 Walter Matthau 饰）比妻子早一天入住了酒店，哪知道自己的好哥们居然送了自己以为金发美人作为大礼。

该片根据编剧的童年经历进行创作。影片讲述女主旺姆在丈夫离世之后，秉持着传统，为了丈夫来世不需背负生前的债务，而接手丈夫生前巨额的债务替他还债，从而一步一步被生活逼到绝境的故事。