米奇(比利·克里斯托 Billy Crystal 饰)在广播电台的广告部工作,直到三十九岁之前,米奇都认为自己拥有着完美而幸福的人生,然而,在此之后,他便开始走上了下坡路,除了事业上陷入了瓶颈期外,他的内心也渐渐开始失去安全感,荒芜如同沙漠。 菲尔(丹尼尔·斯特恩 Daniel Stern 饰)是米奇最好的朋友,常年生活在强势的妻子和岳父的压迫之下,导致他的性格十分内向而压抑。某日,一个年轻的女孩忽然出现在了菲尔的身边,声称自己怀上了他的孩子。艾德(布鲁诺·柯比 Bruno Kirby 饰)已人到中年,但童年时代的创伤让他对感情失去了信任,依然流连于百花丛中不愿安定下来。这三个男人,为了庆祝米奇三十九岁生日而踏上了寻欢作乐的荒诞旅途。Mitch is a middle aged big-city radio ads salesman. He and his friends Ed and Phil are having mid-life crisis. They decide the best birthday gift is to go on a two week holiday in the wild west driving cattle from New Mexico to Colorado. There they meet cowboy Curly who not only teaches them how to become real cowboys, but also one or two other things about life in the open air of the west.