Dumped by her fiance just two months before their wedding, comic strip writer Sophie hatches an elaborate plan to get her Jeff back and punish the movie star, Joanna, who seduced him away. She finds herself a partner, Gordon, an ex-lover of Joanna's. The two start on a comic adventure full of laughs and tears, aided by Sophie's two best friends, Lucy and Lily. At the eve of her success, Sophie suddenly faced of having to chose between a repentant Jeff and Gordon who has fallen for her.

1990年前后，移民美国成为许多国人的梦想，艺术家尤甚。 北京的音乐家王起明（姜文 饰）与妻子郭燕（严晓频 饰）来到向往已久的美国不久，美好的梦想即遭遇打击。几番挣扎终没做成艺术家的王起明消沉了一段时间，经过奋斗成为了商人，并在短短几年积累了可观财富。但陡然回头，他发现得失实难计算，智慧与美貌并存的阿春（王姬 饰）虽然成了他的红颜知己，郭燕却也跑去了他生意上的最大竞争对手David（Robert Daly 饰）的身边。其后他把女儿宁宁（马晓晴 饰）也接到了美国，但宁宁完全无法理解他与郭燕的选择，更是将阿春视作仇敌，渐渐地，她开始以他与郭燕无法接受的美国式放纵来向他们报复……