本片原名《爱以及其他不可能的诉求》，根据阿耶莱-沃尔德曼的同名小说改编。也是娜塔莉·波特曼参与制片的首部电影。 艾米莉亚·格林里夫（娜塔丽·波特曼 Natalie Portman 饰）的生活正陷入一团乱麻。因失去了尚处襁褓中的爱女伊莎贝尔而无比悲痛，同时作为律师杰克·沃尔夫（斯科特·科恩 Scott Cohen 饰）的第二任妻子过着郁闷的生活。更因背负家庭破坏者的恶名，还要应对杰克的前妻卡洛琳（莉莎·库卓 Lisa Kudrow 饰）的怨恨和攻击。而如何与继子威廉姆相处不但考验着她为人处世的能力，更让她再度陷入对失去的孩子的悲伤回忆，她该如何从生活的困境中走出？ Aspiring Lawyer Emilia Greenleaf (Natalie Portman) thought she knew what she wanted when she went after the sexy, married Senior Partner, Jack Woolf (Scott Cohen) . However, she didn't count on getting pregnant and married, and she certainly didn't plan on having to forge a relationship with her highly strung 5 year old stepson, William.. In Manhattan, twenty-two year-old Harvard lawyer Emilia Greenleaf has a crush on her boss, Jack Woolf, and they have an affair. Jack's marriage is a sham but his son, William, is his pride and joy. Emilia soon discovers she's pregnant, and Jack divorces from his wife, Carolyne, in order to marry her. His son is poisoned against the partnership by his mother, and he is also resented by his stepmother. Emilia, who has issues with her womanizer father, delivers Isabel but three days later, the baby dies. Her marriage begins to suffer and unexpectedly William steps in to help find out the truth about Isabel's death.