本片是经典电影《毕业生》的外传,情节围绕女主角的身世之谜展开的。 该片也是詹妮弗·安妮斯顿和前夫布拉德·皮特离婚之后推出的首部影片。 sarah(詹妮弗·安妮斯顿 Jennifer Aniston 饰)是一名专门撰写讣告的女记者,在一次偶然的机会中,她发现自己的祖母很可能是经典电影《毕业生》中“罗宾逊太太”的原型,而她从来不知道自己的父亲是谁。于是,她决定回老家把自己的身世查清楚。在此过程中,她遇到了那位神秘的风流倜傥的老帅哥Mr.Burroughs(凯文·科斯特纳 Kevin Costner 饰),却也不知不觉被他吸引,还有了一夜风流。sarah的未婚夫无法接受sarah的出轨而与她发生争执。随着真相浮出水面,似乎家中的老少三代的女人竟然都和同一个男人“有染”,简直令人无法接受……Hunky NY lawyer Jeff Daly has finally got engaged to fickle Sarah Huttinger, who presents him to her Pasadena family, who all soon take to him, for her sister's wedding to Scott. But Jeff's clever counting makes Sarah realize her dad Earl isn't her biological father. Once movie clues from family indicate as suspect success author Beau Burroughs, she insists to get to meet him. Only like her mother and grandmother, she has a one night-stand with Beau, which may well cost her Jeff.