Kate je osamljeno in malce čudaško dekle. Ko ji umre dedek, ki ga je imela najraje na svetu, se na pogrebu zbere vsa družina. Katein oče Daniel, v otroških letih priljubljen igralec, je zdaj igralec v pornografskih filmih. Teta Lucy je lezbijka, druga teta Alice pa nevrotična klepetulja, ki mora imeti vse pod nadzorom. Seveda pridejo tudi številni drugi sorodniki in obeta se nam pogreb, kot ga še ni bilo. Ker se člani družine nikoli niso razumeli, ni niti najmanj čudno, da se med njimi vname ogromen prepir. Kate medtem poskuša sestaviti poslovilni govor dedku v čast.
When three generations of a dysfunctional family gather in Rhode Island to bury the family patriarch, members of the Collins clan are at each other's throats in no time. Son Daniel is a secret porn actor, and daughter Lucy is a lesbian. Lucy totes along her lover Judy to the outrage of Lucy's aggressively neurotic sister Alice, whose hysterical overreaction to the pair's marriage plans ought to tell everyone something. Rounding out the delightful crowd are dim brother Skip, whose unfailingly rude twin sons offer caustic commentary on their elders' infantile predilections; matriarchal widow Charlotte, who becomes so justifiably distraught at the insanity of her children she tries to commit suicide; and Kate, a confused but comely college freshman who juggles preparation of the eulogy with internal debate over what to do with her childhood friend-turned-suitor, Ryan.