Fant želi ubežati obsedenosti z dekletom, ki ga je pravkar izgubil. Pomaga mu neznanka, ki ga povede na romantično eskapado po nočnih klubih na Manhattnu. Romantična komedija prinaša zgodbo o paru, ki ju skupaj pahne na zabavno, neprespano, pustolovsko noč v svet nočnih klubov in glasne plesne glasbe. Nick (Michael Cera) je reden gost na prizoriščih obskurne rokovske glasbe v New Yorku, kamor prinaša svoje strto srce in približno spretnost igranja na bas. Norah (Kat Dennings) preizkuša svoja prepričanja in načela o svetu. Čeprav nimata nič skupnega razen glasbenega okusa, ju njuno naključno srečanje povede v celonočno iskanje skrivnega nastopa legendarnega benda – in začne se nova zveza, ki jima lahko spremeni življenje.
It's been three weeks, two days, and 23 hours since Tris broke up with Nick. And now here she is at his gig, with a new guy. How could she have moved on so fast? This begins the night of Nick, Norah and Manhattan. The night of stripping nuns, hotel ice rooms, Russian food, psychotic ex-boyfriends and lovingly trashy ex-girlfriends. It's the night of Julio and Salvatore. The night of holding hands and writing songs and singing in the rain. It's a night they'll never forget.