在一次偶然的聚会上,拥有雄心壮志的女强人奈特(罗丝·拜恩 Rose Byrne 饰)与仍在艰难奋斗的苦作家乔治(拉菲·斯波 Rafe Spall 饰)一见钟情,迅速坠入爱河,并在交往六个月后闪电结婚。然而令人意想不到的是,他们的婚姻却在短短的一年之后出现了裂痕。事业心极强的奈特无法忍受乔治在她工作时言语轻浮地打扰,而乔治则一直被困在他的写作瓶颈中不见起色,两人矛盾渐渐激化,就在此时,乔治的前女友克洛伊(安娜·法瑞丝 Anna Faris 饰)再次出现,另一方面,奈特又受到了经纪人盖(西蒙·贝克 Simon Baker 饰)的强烈追求,这对夫妻的关系眼看将至崩溃边缘,而他们的婚姻又将走向何方呢?
Joseph Fulton, a well-regarded fifty-eight-year-old director of romantic comedies, wants to become assistant groundskeeper at a local cemetery. He wants to work outdoors and be close to nature. Meanwhile, he thinks it’s important to have his last will and testament drawn up. But his highly dramatic actress girlfriend thinks he must be dying and that he is just too brave to tell anyone. The rumor spreads and soon everyone he knows—and some he doesn’t—are crowded into his small apartment to say their last farewells.