在这部天才的玩笑喜剧片中,一位喜欢整天盯着別人的头顶看，使用剪刀比使用刀叉还灵活的克劳佛是位才华洋溢的美发师，有一天这位默默无名的美发师收到国际美发协会来信，邀请他到洛杉矶参加年度造型大赛，自信满满的他，认为自己一定能在大赛中获得冠军；然而，当克劳佛抵达洛杉矶比赛会场时，却发现举办单位只是请他来观礼，并未邀请他参赛！
Flamboyant Glasgow hairdresser, Crawford Mackinzie, gets a letter from the World Hairdresser International Federation inviting him to its prestigious annual contest in L.A. Filmmaker Martin Samuels is making a fly-on-the-wall documentary about Crawford; he and the crew go too. After maxing out his credit card at the Century Plaza Hotel, Crawford discovers he's been invited to participate in the audience, not the contest; he tries every angle imaginable to get in the competition: he phones fellow Scot Sean Connery, he gets a union card, he asks the reigning champion for help, and he connects with Connery's publicist, who's having a bad hair day. Will he succeed, for the little people?
