In a village called Tai-gia-ha lived a well-known and romantic fool. People called him "Yao". People in the village worried about him. They worried that who could take care of him ...
並不富裕的伊萊扎(烏瑪•瑟曼 Uma Thurman 飾)與丈夫以及兩個年幼的孩子擠在曼哈頓的一間小小的公寓裡。雖然伊萊扎一直都想成為一名專業的作家,但是無奈兩個孩子年幼,而丈夫又要上班,所以她只能當起了全職媽媽,寫作也只能在料理家務的間隙進行。這天是女兒卡拉拉六歲的生日, 伊萊扎一早便開始為生日會採購。可是誰能料到這樣重要的一天竟然狀況百出。當伊萊扎為了女...