
A woman takes a shot at love after seeing a widowed firefighter and chef on a cooking show. With the help of his daughter, the two of them might find love this Christmas.
A woman takes a shot at love after seeing a widowed firefighter and chef on a cooking show. With the help of his daughter, the two of them might find love this Christmas.
Xavier (Bow Wow), a teenage boy in Chicago, struggles with the loss of his mother and turns to roller skating as a way to deal with his angst. He and his friends are the stars of the skating rink they frequent, but this is about to change. When it closes down, they have no choice but to try out a more upscale spot, the Sweetwater Roller Rink. There, they enroll in a skating contest, and have to prove themselves to the reigning champions, headed by a skater named Sweetness.
Theater director Lila must rise to the challenge of putting on the perfect Christmas ballet alongside a difficult new colleague, while also discovering her office secret Santa in the process.
The story of Jody (Tyrese Gibson), a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitments of real life. Streetwise and jobless, he has not only fathered two children by two different women-Yvette (Taraji P. Henson) and Peanut (Tamara LaSeon Bass) but still lives with his own mother. He can't seem to strike a balance or find direction in his chaotic life.
Keith Nelson (Eric Stoltz), an artsy high school outcast, tries to land a date with popular girl Amanda Jones (Lea Thompson) with some help from his tomboy best friend, Watts (Mary Stuart Masterson). However, his advances draw the ire of Amanda's snobby ex-boyfriend, Hardy Jenns (Craig Sheffer), who makes plans to get even. Matters are further complicated when Watts realizes she likes Keith as more than just a friend and tries to convince him to stop pursuing Amanda.
Nora, a promising architect, inherits a mansion that she plans to sell to start her own business. Right away, she encounters a big problem with the accountant of her late uncle, Jamie, who makes her reconsider her desires and priorities.
Losing faith in Christmas after a rough breakup, Cait heads home and meets Drew.
For Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas), life is good. He is on the rise at his New York law firm, is happily married to his wife, Beth (Anne Archer), and has a loving daughter. But, after a casual fling with a sultry book editor named Alex (Glenn Close), everything changes. Jilted by Dan, Alex becomes unstable, her behavior escalating from aggressive pursuit to obsessive stalking. Dan realizes that his main problem is not hiding his affair, but rather saving himself and his family.
After being left at the altar, Dr. Charlotte Hudson signs up to volunteer in a health clinic in a tropical country, but her plans of escaping are thrown off when she comes across her former fiancé's twin brother, Seth.