Barnaby and Maxine Pierce’s son is getting married in California and they decide to drive across the country to attend. Along the way they reflect on their tattered relationship and the events that transpired to create the estrangement.

在澳洲大堡礁的深海中，小丑鱼爸爸玛林和儿子尼莫简单幸福的生活着，可是爸爸做事常常畏首畏尾，是个胆小鬼，尼莫觉得爸爸很不勇敢，甚至有点看不起自己的爸爸。小尼莫却总是天不怕地不怕，跟同伴们去水面玩耍的时候，竟然被渔网捞了起来，辗转被卖到一家牙医诊所。