Robert Lewis je prijazen fant, ki se preživlja kot hišnik, v prostem času pa piše in upa, da bo kdaj napisal uspešnico. Ko ostane brez službe, v trenutku slabosti izgubi živce in ugrabi lepo hčerko svojega šefa. Celine je popolnoma drugačna od Roberta. Je razvajena in jezikava in na vsakem koraku povzroča težave. Robert jo ima kmalu vrh glave, a se kljub temu vanjo zaljubi.
Ewan McGregor stars as a cleaning man in L.A. who takes his boss' daughter hostage after being fired and replaced by a robot. Two "angels" who are in charge of human relationships on earth, offer some unsolicited help to bring this unlikely couple together.