年輕雅痞詹姆斯．斯派德因為嬌妻去逝而凍結了自己的感情，直到遇上了中年的餐廳女侍應蘇珊．莎拉登，才打開了他封閉的心門。

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.