Due to a road closure, eight strangers must take refuge in an abandoned church during a storm. They learn how to manage through various dilemmas by working together.

　　When the Christmas wishes of an entire classroom start to come true, a young girl named Olivia longs for the father she never had, and meets a mysterious neighbor who may be able to give her exactly that as the snow begins to fall on their quaint suburban town.

　　19世纪，大不列颠帝国雄霸海上，维多利亚女王骄扬跋扈（伊梅尔达·斯汤顿 Imelda Staunton 配音），但是横行四海的海盗仍令她愤恨不已。这群不法之徒中，海盗船长（休·格兰特 Hugh Grant 配音）则显得有些寒酸，他手下跟着一帮老弱病残，每次打劫虽然斗志昂扬，却总是了无所得。这一天，他在血色之岛上受到了业内高手黑鬼贝拉（杰里米·皮文 Jeremy Piven 配音）和弯刀莉兹（萨尔玛·海耶克 Salma Hayek 配音）等人的嘲笑。为了证明实力，赢得年度海盗大奖，船长开始四处劫掠，结果意外结识了生物学家达尔文（大卫·田纳特 David Tennant 配音）。达尔文发现，船长的宠物竟然是早已灭绝的渡渡鸟。于是他花言巧语劝诱船长去伦敦参加年度科学家大赛，而船长也离他的海盗之路越来越远……
　　本片为英国阿德曼公司首部3D粘土停格动画。