爱丽丝（简·方达 Jane Fonda 饰）的丈夫不幸去世，留下了两个孩子要爱丽丝一手拉扯长大，不仅如此，爱丽丝的妹妹和妹夫都失业了，前来投奔姐姐，一家人的生活重担全都落在了爱丽丝的肩上。一天，爱丽丝在一场意外中邂逅了名为斯坦利（罗伯特·德尼罗 Robert De Niro 饰）的男子，斯坦利是工厂里的厨师，但是因为不识字，所以最终遭到了上司的解雇 爱丽丝知道斯坦利是一个非常善良的男人，于是...
This would definitely not have been my kind of movie, but my husband saw it on TV and said it was really good. So, on his recommendation, I bought a copy, since I didn't know if it would ever be...