簡介:1950年代,美國女性的社會地位表面看來有了明顯提高,然而在如威斯理般著名的女子大學里,教師們教授學生,仍是一切圍繞將來的好姻緣打轉,并不鼓勵她們主動獲取自己感興趣的知識,也不注重培養她們的心里素質。美麗成熟的凱瑟琳(朱莉婭·羅伯茨 Julia Roberts 飾)大學畢業,懷揣理想和熱情來到該學校擔 任藝術史教師時,便因想散播自由的種子碰壁連連。 然而因為風趣、率直、熱情、淵博,凱瑟琳很快贏得了學生們的喜愛,她的幾個學生,想同男孩一樣干出一番事業的瓊(朱麗婭·斯蒂爾斯 Julia Stiles 飾)、活潑好動的麗薇(瑪吉·吉倫哈爾 Maggie Gyllenhaal 飾)等,也慢慢地展露出真性情。然而,另一名學生貝蒂(克斯汀·鄧斯特 Kirsten Dunst 飾)要結婚的消息,又將自由浪漫的氛圍打破。
簡介:Gwen Cummings is a successful New York writer living life in the fast lane and everyone's favorite party girl. She shares this roller-coaster lifestyle of hopping from dance club to bar to hangover with boyfriend Jasper-handsome, magnetic and equally attracted to life on the wild side. Life is just an exercise in debauchery-until Gwen's ungraceful display at her sister Lily's wedding, when she gets drunk, commandeers the limo and earns herself a DUI and 28 days in court-ordered rehab. There, Gwen comes face to face with a unique set of rules (like no cell phones) and rituals (like chanting) embraced by an assortment of fascinating fellow re-habbers Eddie, Gerhardt, Oliver, Andrea, Roshanda, and Billie Jean. A jaded city girl to the core, Gwen is determined not to conform. Then she meets Counselor Cornell, who begins to break through her carefully constructed defenses and force her to take a closer look at who she really is. Ultimately, through the companionship of! her group as well as a devastating loss, Gwen gradually loses her cynicism and begins the long struggle to take back her life. Maybe, she discovers, your insides can match your outsides.