Un devoto padre de clase media (Adam Sandler) está decidido a pagar la boda de su hija a pesar de las insistencias del padre del novio, que es mucho más rico (Chris Rock). Una serie de calamidades obliga a los padres (y sus familias) a unirse y soportar la semana más larga de sus vidas.
Gordon Schwinn, a writer and composer for Mr. Bungee's children TV show, is diagnosed with arteriovenous malfunction and must go through a risky craniotomy. Before the operation, he faces his fear of dying and not leaving a meaningful artistic legacy, accompanied by his sailor boyfriend Roger, his unstable mother Mimi, his friend and agent Rhoda and nurse Richard, all while having hallucinations of his tyrannical frog boss, homeless ladies and sailing.
