In 1986, the Berkmans lived in Park Poe, Brooklyn, where husband Bernard, wife Joan, eldest son Walterand younger son FrankThe family of four formed is gestating a family crisis. In the opening scene of the film, the family is playing tennis, and Bernard's emotional smash makes his wife overwhelmed, and finally breaks up unhappy. It seems that the breakdown of their marriage is very close at hand.
Bernard is a university professor and a writer who is said to have been well-known in the literary world, but he has recently fallen into a slump in his career. His wife, Joan, is also a writer. At the time when the spring breeze is proud, she no longer has to rely on her husband's reputation. The huge psychological gap made Bernard acrimonious, often satirizing everything around him, and instilling these ideas in his sons. This man who is full of complaints and has done nothing for a long time will be lazy in bed in the morning under the excuse of the old problem of his back, watching his wife's busy schedule, so as to support the family.
One night, the husband and wife called their two sons, but this time it was no longer discussing literature with the sons, but announcing the end of their marriage. The younger son Frank couldn't help being shocked. In order not to separate the brothers, Bernard and Joan made a custody agreement. The two sons belonged to their father on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and their mother on 24th and 6th. Bernard moved to another residence from then on.
With the frequent "transitions" of the revolving lantern, the brothers also became dizzy and gradually separated. The 12-year-old Frank sees his parents’ divorce as the end of the world. He often drank alcohol at home like a 30-year-old bachelor. He was full of foul language and loved masturbation. The 16-year-old Walter likes Pink Floyd, regards his father as an idol he worships, and has a mental fantasy of imagining himself as an object of worship. To make matters worse, Walter discovered that his mother had an affair with Frank's tennis coach, and blamed his mother for not giving another chance to marriage because of his father's lack of accomplishment. Soon, the brothers began to have a clear stand, Frank was attached to his mother, and Walter stood with his father, and the two sides were at odds with each other.
There was also Lily, Bernard's beautiful schoolgirl, who came to add to the chaos. Bernard invited her to be his roommate, but this little girl had other plans. The young and young Walter is considering how to share the first night with his girlfriend, but he listens to the advice of his father who is not familiar with this, so he makes a lot of jokes. At the same time, Bernard and Lily slept on the same bed, and Lily was the girl Walter was pursuing
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