年轻雅痞詹姆斯．斯派德因为娇妻去逝而冻结了自己的感情，直到遇上了中年的餐厅女侍应苏珊．莎拉登，才打开了他封闭的心门。

Max Baron (James Spader) is a 27-year-old high flying advertising executive still recovering from the death of his wife. One night he is in a bar when he meets Nora Baker (Susan Sarandon) a 43-year-old waitress with a fixation on Marilyn Monroe. The couple gradually fall in love, though age and social differences mean that the path of true love is strewn with problems.