- Gwen grows up with her romantic mother constantly telling her the story of her courtship and marriage to her father. Nick grows up with an alcoholic father who can't hold a job and whose family, as a result, is forced to move all the time. The two are shaped by this - Gwen a romantic and Nick withdrawn, unsure of himself - as they watch the hugely popular sixties sitcom, "One B...
- 音乐家乔治（杰拉尔·德帕迪约 Gérard Depardieu饰）和园林爱好者布朗蒂（安迪·麦克道威尔 Andie MacDowell饰）的结合，完全是出自各自的私心：乔治来自法国，想得到一张美国的绿卡，从而在这里发展事业；布朗蒂看中了一套公寓，却被告知只有夫妻才能入住。于是，两人一拍即合，各取所需，结婚后很快就过回各不相干的生活。 美国移民局的怀疑随之而来。为了一张绿卡而假结婚的案例他们见得多了，乔治和布朗蒂的婚姻自然也逃不过他们的法眼。严谨认真的调查介入了这对“夫妻”的生活。现在，乔治和布朗蒂必须策划出一个完美的恋爱和结婚过程，摆造出一起生活的种种细节证据。为了能让婚姻变得更加可信，乔治甚至住进了布朗蒂的家，两人却渐渐戏假情真。
