该片是由Scott,Winant执导的喜剧片,于1997年上映，主要.讲述了:Gwen grows up wit.h her romantic .mother constantly .tellin.g her the story of he.r courtsh.ip and marriage. to her father. Nick gro.ws up wit.h an alcoholic .father who c.an'.t hold a job and whose f.amily, as. a res.ult, is forced to move all .the. time. The two .are. shaped by this - Gwe.n a romantic an.d Nick withdrawn, .unsure. of himself - as they. watch th.e hugely popula.r sixties sitcom, One Bi.g Happy F.amily. Years la.ter, it is t.he .star of that show, now a. child ac.tor go.ne bad with a history of de.tox. and people alw.ays. saying, I thought sh.e was dead, Fra.ncesca Lanfield, w.ho con.nects the two of them., after y.ears of near-mi.sses and almost encounte.rs. Gwen .is hired to gho.st-write Fra.nce.sca's autobiography, whi.le Nick, .becomi.ng her lover, is the archit.ect. who is to desi.gn .a building on Frances.ca's property. .When Gwen decides .to cru.sade to save Francesc.a's build.ing, she writes. letters to the newspape.r which c.atches Nick's a.ttention - a.nd .wins his heart.