丹尼(保罗•路德 Paul Rudd 饰)与惠勒(西恩•威廉•斯科特 Seann William Scott 饰)是一对工作搭档,他们略显怪异的工作是向学生们广播毒品危害并宣传红牛饮料的禁毒计划。惠勒乐此不疲,但35岁的丹尼却为这份乏味的工作所苦恼,他刻薄的性格终于令女友无法忍受,在丹尼用求婚来试图挽回日益滑落的爱情与人生时,得到的却是女友的拒绝,情绪失控的丹尼暴力抗法,连累惠勒和他一起从事社区工作以免除入狱。在儿童之家陪伴孩子的工作并不简单,和丹尼组合的奥基是个耽于幻想的青春期男孩,他定期和一班打扮成中世纪来客的同好一起上演古装战役;和惠勒组合的罗尼则是个满嘴脏话的小黑孩,你根本无法预料下一秒他的脏话将从哪个角度出击。为这份工作头疼的二人组时时想要放弃,然而随着接触加深,他们从孩子们身上学到了自己不具备的东西……Danny and Wheeler, well into their 30s, lack something: Danny feels stuck; he's sour and has driven away his terrific girlfriend. Wheeler chases any skirt he sees for empty sex. When they get in a fight with a tow-truck driver, they choose community service over jail and are assigned to be big brothers - Danny to Augie, a geek who loves to LARP (Live Action Role Play), and Wheeler to Ronnie, a pint-size foul-mouthed kid. After a rocky start, things start to go well until both Danny and Wheeler make big mistakes. Can the two men figure out how to change enough to be role models to the boys?