玛丽(凯特·哈德森 Kate Hudson 饰)是个开朗上进的大龄女青年,虽然年轻,但在公司很受高层器重,事业蒸蒸日上,虽然单身,但有许多好朋友,非常享受生活。但是不幸依旧降下,她被诊断患了癌症,更不可思议的是,伴随着厄运降临的还有爱情,她和主治医师、腼腆的西班牙裔小伙儿朱利安(盖尔·加西亚·贝纳尔 Gael García Bernal 饰)产生了感觉。开朗的性格让她笑对病痛,但难免会抑郁、绝望、诅咒命运的不公,一个又一个情绪期里面,对爱情的渴望和抗拒又同时存在。
死亡如约而至时,玛丽会选择以怎样的表情来面对……
When Fred Frenger gets out of prison, he decides to start over in Miami, Florida, where he starts a violent one-man crime wave. He soon meets up with amiable college student/prostitute Susie Waggoner. Opposing Frenger is Sgt Hoke Moseley, a cop who is getting a bit old for the job, especially since the job of cop in 1980's Miami is getting crazier all the time.