杰克（兰迪·奎德 Randy Quaid 饰）是一名非常成功的商人，某日，他来到了翡翠岛进行商业考察，他想在这片尚且无人踏足的蛮荒之地上建立一座迪士尼乐园，以此达到事业的另一个高峰。然而，让杰克没有想到的是，翡翠岛是矮仙国的领土，这里生活着只在童话故事里才存在的仙子和精灵，杰克的决定显然侵犯到了他们的权利。
翡翠岛虽然看似宁静而又美丽，可实际上，这里隐藏着激烈的矛盾冲突，常常爆发战争，虽然所有人都知道战争带来的只有伤害和毁灭，但战争依然无法避免。一次偶然中，杰克邂逅了名为凯瑟琳（欧拉·布拉迪 Orla Brady 饰）的女子，两人因误会结怨，又在机缘巧合之下结缘。

When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks he is Jesus reincarnated. Believing that Jack is mentally unfit to own the estate, the Gurney family plots to steal Jack's inheritance. As their outrageous schemes fail, the family strives to cure Jack of his bizarre behavior, with disastrous results.