A former aristocratic family faces financial hardship and their daughter is introduced to a nice man in the auto repair business, the hope being that a marriage might be of economic assistance to the family. The daughter's family finds it hard to accept this kind of idea and the young man is uncomfortable with the difference in their social standing. However, everything works out in the end and a happy marriage takes place.
这部传记电影的一开场，主人公安迪·考夫曼（金·凯瑞 Jim Carrey 饰）却向观众开了一个谢幕的玩笑。安迪自幼喜爱表演，成年后顺理成章成为饭店驻场演员，但事业并不顺利，一次他模仿猫王的表演引起好莱坞经纪人乔治注意，后者将他引荐到电视界。
