影片讲述一个“富二代”Conrad Valmont的故事,他一直生活在父母在曼哈顿区的豪宅里,终日浑浑噩噩,生活没有目标,但是在一周的时间内他的生活却发生了翻天覆地的变化,房子被收回、继承权被剥夺,但是如落水狗一般的Conrad Valmont却开始了新的生活,也找到了自己的真爱。As he eases into adulthood at the age of forty, Conrad Valmont (Jason Bateman), the over-educated, under-employed heir to the Valmont Hotel fortune, is cut off from his allowance following his parents abrupt divorce and tossed out into the unforgiving streets of the Upper West Side. Luckily, he is taken in by his old friend Dylan (Billy Crudup), and returns the favor by immediately falling for Dylan's girlfriend Beatrice (Olivia Wilde). As Conrad attempts to woo Beatrice while keeping both their relationship and his bank balance secret, Dylan tries to set him up with Jocelyn (Jenny Slate). Ever committed to the charade that he eventually finds difficult to maintain, Conrad quickly realizes his charm can only extend so far into debt. Now deep into an extensional reflection, will it take losing everything to make Conrad realize what he can truly become?