Résumé (jaquette) : Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, Jean Stapleton and Nancy Alien, spark this poignant romantic comedy about falling in love in today's self-oriented society. Joe (Dreyfuss) is a would-be writer whose life is dominated by unfinished novels and a pretty girlfriend (Alien) who believes her own needs come first. Emily (Sarandon) is a single mother struggling to raise a troublesome son, whose
day-to-day existence see-saws between the Steno tests she's always failing and her own mother (Stapleton), a self-absorbed woman so devoted to her grandson that she doesn't see she's destroying her daughter's life.
As refuge from their problems Joe and Emily turn to each other, seeking a little support in the name of friendship. Along the way they find a lot of love, and the strength to regain control over their unhappy lives.
