Robert J. Scupp

Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Veronica expecting their first child, Burt's parents decide to move to Belgium, now leaving them in a place they hate and without a support structure in place. They set off on a whirlwind tour of of disparate locations where they have friends or relatives, sampling not only different cities and climates but also different families. Along the way they realize that the journey is less about discovering where they want to live and more about figuring out what type of parents they want to be.

Desperate for companionship, the repressed Willard befriends a group of rats that inhabit his late father's deteriorating mansion. In these furry creatures, Willard finds temporary refuge from daily abuse at the hands of his bedridden mother and his father's old partner, Frank. Soon it becomes clear that the brood of rodents is ready and willing to exact a vicious, deadly revenge on anyone who dares to bully their sensitive new master.

テネンバウム家の3人の子どもたちは皆若くして成功した天才児。長男のチャスは10代で不動産売買に精通し、国際金融にも才能を発揮する。長女マーゴは12歳で劇作家デビュー。次男リッチーもまたテニスのジュニア選手権3連覇で将来を嘱望されていた。しかし、父親の過ちと裏切りにより一家は崩壊を始めてしまう。チャスは飛行機事故で妻を失い、男手ひとつで二人の息子を育て、マーゴは年上の男と結婚の末無気力な毎日を送り、次男も突然テニス界を引退、船旅に出てしまう。そんな彼らと再び家族の絆を取り戻したいと考えた父親は一計を案じるのだったが……。