A contemporary comedy about two people who meet just as their previous relationships have imploded in ugly fashion. In a desperate bid to reboot their romantic fortunes, they play fast and loose with the facts and ignore more red flags than you'd see in a Chinese Army parade in order to start something fresh with each other. Then, just 10 days into their new lives, the jig is up and the wheels start coming off the love wagon in hilarious and surprising ways.
葛洛莉亚(朱丽安·摩尔 Julianne Moore 饰)曾经有过一段失败的婚姻,但是这段经历并没有让她对生活和爱情失去希望,正相反,如今的葛洛莉亚觉得自己比从前变得更好了。平日里,葛洛莉亚喜欢去一间舞蹈俱乐部跳舞,在那里,葛洛莉亚邂逅了名为亚诺(约翰·特托罗 John Turturro 饰)的男子。
和葛洛莉亚一样,亚诺刚刚和妻子离婚了,他有一个孩子,跟着前妻生活。相似的经历让葛洛莉亚和亚诺之间很快就碰撞出了爱情的火花,很快两人就走到了一起。然而,激情退却之后,两人之间的问题也渐渐浮现。虽然亚诺和妻子离婚了,但很显然这个女人并不能适应没有亚诺的生活,她的阴魂不散成为了葛洛莉亚和亚诺两人的关系里埋藏的一颗定时炸弹。
Suzanne wasn't always this confused. She wasn't always dead either - When an ex-con takes a job as a handyman for an unstable elderly woman to avoid a parole violation, it becomes a choice he may regret.