The annual British Hairdressing Championship comes to Keighley, a town where Phil and son Brian run a barbershop, and where Phil's ex-wife Shelly and her lover Sandra run a beauty salon, yet Phil and Shelly haven't talked in the ten years since she bolted. Shelley's just found out her cancer is terminal, and Ray Roberts, the reigning underhanded hairdressing champion, blows into town taunting Phil for retreating from competitive styling into barbering. Roberts also brings his daughter, Christina, who remembers Brian from when she was a little kid (as does he her). Everything's set: Brian decides to enter the competition with his mom and Sandra. Will Phil join in? Ray wants to win at any costs. Will Christina go along? anyway。 菲尔（阿伦·瑞克曼 Alan Rickman 饰）是一名发型设计师，他和妻子莎莉（娜塔莎·理查德森 Natasha Richardson 饰）经营着一家美发店，是圈内人人羡慕的神仙眷侣。令众人大跌眼镜的是，莎莉竟然离开了菲尔，不仅如此，她也开了一家美发店，成为了菲尔的竞争对手。遭遇妻子背叛的菲尔一蹶不振，在日复一日的消沉中，他逐渐忘却了自己的梦想。 一次偶然中，菲尔得知自己所在的小镇上即将举行一场全国性的美发大奖赛，经过反复的思想斗争后，他决定重拾梦想，再次走上赛场。同样参赛的还有莎莉和菲尔的老对手雷（比尔·奈伊 Bill Nighy 饰）。在目睹了同行是怎样不择手段的向着冠军宝座迈进后，菲尔和莎莉明白，为了赢得比赛，为了维护行业的声誉和荣耀，他们必须像从前那样，联手作战。
