泰迪（吉恩·怀尔德 Gene Wilder 饰）经营着一家广告公司，生意十分的红火。泰迪拥有一位美丽的太太和一个可爱的小女儿，几乎可以算得上是模范中产阶级。然而一次偶然中，泰迪在停车场邂逅了一位名叫夏洛特（凯莉·勒布洛克 Kelly LeBrock 饰）的年轻女子，这匆匆的一瞥竟然让泰迪丢了魂。 令泰迪没有想到的是，不久之后，他竟然在自己的办公室与夏洛特重逢了。原来，夏洛特是一名模特，要和自己的公司合作拍摄一支广告。这场重逢令泰迪本就蠢蠢欲动的心再也按捺不住了，他对夏洛特展开了火热的攻势。公司里的职员们看到老板意乱情迷，自然都纷纷“拔刀相助”。

Lera is a sociology student at a small-town university. Her mother is a sleepwalker who believes in miracles, and her father just left the family for another woman. Lera has no idea how to make her life better. And one more thing: a spirit keeps visiting her dreams at night. And the harder Lera's life gets, the more often she has these dreams. That is, until the spirit steps into the world of the living.