Walt Koontz (Robert De Niro) skončí kvůli mrtvici s ochrnutými hlasivkami a musí chodit na hlasovou terapii ke svému sousedovi Rustymu (Philip Seymour Hoffman), který je transvestita. Walt nesnáší homosexuály a Rusty pohrdá omezeným myšlením svého klienta...

Příběh dvou mužů, které nehoda jednoho dne svede dohromady. Walt Koontz (Robert De Niro) je konzervativní newyorský policista a hrdina ověnčený medailí za statečnost. Rusty (Philip Seymour Hoffman) je nápadný transvestita, která se připravuje na operaci změny pohlaví. Oba dva žijí ve stejném domě a oba dva na sebe chrlí jen nadávky. Pak ale Walta raní mrtvice a v rámci rehabilitační terapie musí navštěvovat hodiny zpěvu u Rustyho...

Ken, a WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of a veteran's hospital and embittered by his condition, he refuses to see his fiancée and sinks into a solitary world of hatred and hostility. Head physician, Dr. Brock cajoles the withdrawn Ken into the life of the ward, where fellow patients Norm, Leo and Angel begin to pull him out of his spiritual dilemma.

When a car crash leaves Frannie immobilized, she is brushed off by everyone she can count on. With nowhere else to turn and desperate for help, she turns to an unlikely source, her ex Devon.

Po brutálním útoku je sedmáctiletá Ashley Reevesová zanechána mrtvá v lesích. Po 30 strašných hodinách v mrazu, ji těžce zraněnou, paralyzovanou, ležící v hlíně policie najde živou.

After a traffic accident Kaylie is in coma for months and her doctors want to try a new procedure on her. To regain her consciousness, they stimulate her brain with the neural patterns of a woman who has just died. It works and Kaylie fully recovers. However, she begins to relive the dying moments of her donor and realizes that she was murdered! Along with her husband and mother, she tries to find out what happened.

A sensitive email is accidentally sent to an unsuspecting physical therapist.