故事发生在一座位于俄亥俄州中的小镇之内，丹琪（薇诺娜·瑞德 Winona Ryder 饰）是出生在这里的一位非常叛逆的少女，丹琪的父母很早就离开了她，她由养父母一手拉扯长大。某日，好莱坞大明星洛克西（卡拉·古奇诺 Carla Gugino 饰）将要衣锦还乡的消息传遍了小镇上下，洛克西就是从这个小镇里走出去的，全镇的人都等待着想要一睹这位大明星的风采。
　　对于丹琪来说，洛克西的回归还有着另外的一层重要意义，她一直怀疑自己是她的私生女。丹琪四处打听，想要得到确切的证据，然而她的养父母对此并不知情，洛克西曾经的情人丹顿（杰夫·丹尼尔斯 Jeff Daniels 饰）对这件事也三缄其口。丹琪决定离家出走，在半途上拦截洛克西，问个清楚。

　　弗朗西斯（比蒂·埃德蒙森 Beattie Edmondson 饰）最近似乎是触了霉头，事业又失恋，与此同时，她的外婆亦去世了。无奈之下，弗朗西斯只得收养了外婆的爱犬——一只名叫帕特里克的八哥犬。弗朗西斯本身并不喜欢动物，她所居住的公寓也明令禁止不许养宠物，帕特里克的存在让弗朗西斯整天战战兢兢提心吊胆。况且帕特里克也不是省油的灯，他贪吃又调皮，整天给弗朗西斯惹麻烦，令她的主人不禁怀疑，它是上天派来惩罚自己的吗？
　　养狗虽然面临着各种困难，但同时也乐趣多多，在养狗的过程中，弗朗西斯结识了英俊的兽医奥利华（艾德·斯克林 Ed Skrein 饰）和爱狗人士阿宾（汤姆·班尼特 Tom Bennett 饰），交际圈的拓展让弗朗西斯逐渐脱离了曾经的怨妇状态。

　　Bugsy Malone希望一举击垮纽约的黑帮，自己号令全城，与Fat Sam及Dandy Dan展开一幕幕的枪战...
　　本片是 70年代经典的音乐剧，剧中人物全由小童饰演，披上西装及华丽舞衣登场，拿著忌廉枪作战，轻松惹笑之余，令人难不佩服制作人员的心思。
　　本片曾获第49届学院奖原创或改编配乐奖提名；并获第34届金球奖最佳影片（音乐剧/喜剧类）、原创歌曲“Bugsy Malone”、原创配乐3项提名。

　　A quick glimpse at the cast for this film would make any horror fan giddy with glee. The actual movie doesn't live up to those high expectations, but it's far from being all bad. Desi Arnaz Jr. (!) plays an author who makes a crazy $20,000 bet with his publisher that he could write a great novel in only 24 hours. To do so, the publisher gives him the keys to an old abandoned house where he won't be disturbed. Not true. Once he gets there he is interrupted by a multitude of guests including a family which consists of John Carradine, Sheila Keith, Peter Cushing and Vincent Price. They are gathered there in a twisted family reunion to release their brother from the room he's been imprisoned in for forty years. Even Christopher Lee drops by as Corrigan, the man who has just purchased the house. Soon, they realize that the caged brother is loose and out for revenge.
　　What a great plotline and what a dream cast! This movie should have been a hell of a lot better. It's hard to pinpoint the exact problems with the film, but I would venture to say that the lack of lighting was a major fault. Sure the house has no electricity but I think they took the title of the movie a little too literally. Scenes after scenes are barely visible and the actors' faces are undecipherable. Only the moments in the main dinning hall are well lit. Also, the great actors are given very little to do. Cushing gets a few chuckles as the scared brother but Price, Lee and especially Carradine are somewhat wasted here. Well, at least Price gets the best line of the film: `Please don't interrupt me while I am soliloquizing.' And on the plus side, the story has enough twists and turns throughout to keep one`s interest and the ending, while a bit of a cop-out, manages to surprise.

劳拉和瑞安彼此是完美的：他们俩都爱梅丽尔·斯特里普，之前的恋爱已将他们彻底摧毁，他们也不知道今晚应该做什么。他们俩都知道，他们必须假装与以前完全不同，以期这次能做到正确。 第二次约会真的有多糟糕，还有什么要损失的？瑞安和劳拉即将发现。

　　备受喜爱的花园装饰小矮人糯米欧（詹姆斯·麦卡沃伊 James McAvoy 配音）和茱丽叶（艾米莉·布朗特 Emily Blunt 配音）再次回归，这次他们将踏上一场全新的冒险之旅，目的地是繁华的伦敦。随着他们和家人朋友一同踏上这个城市，他们最担心的事情是能否及时为春天的到来准备好新的花园。然而，他们很快就发现，花园里的小矮人们竟然不见了！一片空荡荡的景象萦绕着他们的心头。这让他们感到异常焦虑和不安。他们知道，现在唯一能帮助他们的就是伦敦的一位小矮人，名叫糯尔摩斯（约翰尼·德普 Johnny Depp 配音）。
　　糯尔摩斯是一位发誓要保护伦敦所有花园装饰小矮人的名侦探，他与他的搭档华生（切瓦特·埃加福特 配音）险中，糯米欧和茱丽叶将与糯尔摩斯和华生一起展开一场紧张刺激的行动，他们必须尽快找到被绑架的小矮人们，并揭示隐藏在背后的阴谋。他们将穿越伦敦的繁华街道和神秘背景，面对各种挑战和障碍，展开一场充满惊险和刺激的冒险之旅。