A 16 year old boy who had thought that his father's death was an accident, suspects otherwise when he receives a 10-year-old lost letter his father had written just before his death.

莎拉（布莱特妮•墨菲 Brittany Murphy 饰）出身豪门，天生叛逆的她从来不想接受父母的安排：家人安排的高薪厚职她不屑一顾，反而当起了一名作家；对于他们安排的富有的“未来女婿”，她更是深恶痛绝。这天，莎拉偶遇了出身平凡的交通报道员汤姆（艾什顿•库彻 Ashton Kutcher 饰），两人很快堕入了爱河。然而莎拉的父母坚决反对，原因很简单，汤姆出身平民，平平无奇，这和他们心目中的乘龙快婿相去甚远，他们可不想这个平凡的男人成为家里的一份子。于是，在萨拉和汤姆婚后度蜜月时，一场旨在拆散这对小夫妻的闹