Carter (Adam Brody) has been dumped by Elena (Sofia Bunuel) and so retreats to his grandmother’s house in Michigan to work on his screenplay. Across the street lives Sarah Hardwicke (Meg Ryan) and daughter Lucy (Kristen) who take a liking to the pensive, doe eyed young man from Los Angeles.
Rollo Lee (John Cleese) runs a zoo which has been taken over by the Rod McCain (Kevin Kline) corporation. Rod soon dispatches his son Vince (also Kevin Kline) and a new employee Willa (Jamie Lee Curtis) to monetize the zoo. The zoo keepers are not pleased with the new focus on crass capitalism.
Marion (Julie Delpy) brings her New Yorker boyfriend Jack (Adam Goldberg) to Paris to meet her parents and rekindle their relationship. Cultural differences, Jack’s neuroses, and Marion’s various past lovers make this goal difficult.
Shy Stephane (Gael Gacia Bernal) enlivens his boring life with creative dreams. His relationship with neighbor Stephanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg) is both enriched and threatened by Stephane’s nocturnal imaginings.
Sixty years ago, a martial-arts monk (Chow Yun-Fat) is appointed guardian of a mysterious scroll with life-prolonging powers. In the present day, the monk has chosen Kar (Seann William Scott) as a new guardian and apprentice. Meanwhile, evil people search for the scroll, seeking to possess its mystical powers.
Paul (Jason Lee) is about to marry Karen (Selma Blair) but wakes up in bed next to Becky (Julia Stiles) - Karen’s cousin. Paul begins to reconsider his relationship with Karen.
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