鲍勃(罗宾·威廉斯 Robin Williams 饰)都快50岁了,事业面临着挑战,家庭面临着危机。本来他打算在百忙之中抽出时间陪家人展开一次夏威夷之旅,以改善糟糕的家庭关系;无奈又放不下公司业务,因为一个名牌大学MBA的公司新人给他带来了严重的威胁,如果不拼了老命工作,饭碗随时不保。 用心良苦的老爹,只好临时想了一个折中办法:取消夏威夷之行,全家租来一个流动房车,前往他的出差地的城市附近,来一次野营活动。一边是忙碌繁琐的工作,一边是盼望着有个美好旅途的家庭,鲍勃得有一流的周旋功夫,不仅顾全大局而且两面讨好。问题是老爹又不是超人,应付起来自然力不从心,笑料百出。The executive Bob Munro is stressed, feeling threatened of losing his job and his lifestyle, since his abusive boss Todd Mallory hired the Stanford's geek Laird to work in their soda's company. Bob has promised his wife Jamie Munro, his teenage daughter Cassie Munro and his young son Carl Munro to spend vacations in Hawaii, but Todd demands him to prepare a presentation and attend a business meeting with the owners of a family company in a merging operation scheduled in the same period. Bob hides the truth to his family, rents a recreational vehicle and tries to convince his dysfunctional family that a road trip to the Colorado Rocky Mountains would be good to bring old values back to their family. After many incidents and while in the trailers parking area, the rookie Bob is helped by the bizarre but friendly Gornicke family. They escape from the Gornickes and initiate a journey of difficulties and leaning, retrieving their forgotten family bonds.