丈夫不在的午后时光

一年之痒

　　在一次偶然的聚会上，拥有雄心壮志的女强人奈特（罗丝·拜恩 Rose Byrne 饰）与仍在艰难奋斗的苦作家乔治（拉菲·斯波 Rafe Spall 饰）一见钟情，迅速坠入爱河，并在交往六个月后闪电结婚。然而令人意想不到的是，他们的婚姻却在短短的一年之后出现了裂痕。事业心极强的奈特无法忍受乔治在她工作时言语轻浮地打扰，而乔治则一直被困在他的写作瓶颈中不见起色，两人矛盾渐渐激化，就在此时，乔治的前女友克洛伊（安娜·法瑞丝 Anna Faris 饰）再次出现，另一方面，奈特又受到了经纪人盖（西蒙·贝克 Simon Baker 饰）的强烈追求，这对夫妻的关系眼看将至崩溃边缘，而他们的婚姻又将走向何方呢？

命运之手

那个人在想什么事情

　　The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.