Boyd Mitchler and his family must spend Christmas with his estranged family of misfits. Upon realizing that he left all his son's gifts at home, he hits the road with his dad in an attempt to make the 8-hour round trip before sunrise.
世界上魔術(shù)師千萬，但大部都是招搖撞騙欺詐師，而斯利（科林·費 Colin Firth 飾）屬于有真本的那一撥，雖身為英國人，是他卻非常擅表演東方魔術(shù)在巡演的同時斯坦利還進行“魔術(shù)打假”事業(yè)，將行業(yè)的害群之馬一驅(qū)逐。 某日，來到法國的斯利邂逅了名為菲（艾瑪·斯 Emma Stone 飾）的少女，蘇菲稱是靈媒師，夠和死去的人流。不信邪的坦利一眼認(rèn)定菲在說謊，于她成為了斯坦的下一個“獵”。哪知道隨時間的推移，靈精怪的蘇菲漸動搖了斯坦的意志，斯坦發(fā)現(xiàn)自己竟然這位神秘的少給迷住了?
