在一位塔羅牌占卜師預言了一次偶遇后，肖恩開始相信命運，并為他的愛情生活和事業尋求進一步的建議。

　　故事發生在圣誕節前夕，母親的健康突然出狀況，讓四名成年子女和他們令人頭痛的父親慌了手腳，面對可能即將發生的失去，家庭氣氛也混亂失衡。但聰明的母親六月處變不驚，以犀利的幽默、坦率的態度和豐沛的愛，安排好自己的人生謝幕。

　　The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.

　　世界末日是一部非常個人化的電影，展示了家庭的力量和一代人對美國夢的追求