丹拿(史蒂夫·库根 Steve Coogan 饰)是一位郁郁不得志的小演员,在演艺事业彻底泡汤后,心灰意冷的他来到了一所高中,成为了那里的戏剧课老师。对于自己的课程,丹拿从来都不放在心上,即使他的课程恶评连连,即使空空的教室里只坐了一个学生,丹拿都觉得无所谓,他只在乎自己那份微薄,但却是唯一的薪水。 让丹拿没有想到的是,为了开源节流,校方决定停掉在校园中最不受欢迎的戏剧课,这也就意味着,丹拿即将失业,为了保住自己的饭碗,丹拿绞尽脑汁,最终决定续写《哈姆雷特》,以此证明自己的实力,在一帮损友的帮助下,丹拿能够完成这一看似不可能完成的任务吗?Dana Marschz is a failed actor and recovering alcoholic who's moved to Tucson to teach high school drama, where he's plagued by bad reviews, student indifference, budget woes (he and his wife, who is trying to get pregnant, take in a boarder), and his own teaching limitations. Because the other electives are closed, he finds himself with a large class of seeming gang-bangers, and the principal informs him that drama will be cut next trimester. On the advice of a student reviewer, Dana decides to stage his own play, a sequel to "Hamlet" in which the prince and Jesus, with the use of a time machine, try to save Gertrude and Ophelia. Can Dana for once pull something off?