乔伊(詹妮弗·劳伦斯 Jennifer Lawrence 饰)是一名独自抚养两个孩子的单身母亲,虽然她和丈夫托尼(埃德加·拉米雷兹 Edgar Ramirez 饰)已经离了婚,但这个穷困潦倒的男人还常常需要前妻的经济支持。不仅如此,乔伊还要照顾自己每天都瘫坐在电视机前的 母亲和生性风流四处沾花惹草的父亲,她所承担的压力可想而知。
实际上,乔伊有着非凡的经商头脑,她发明了魔术拖把,大大减少了主妇们花费在家务活上的时间。乔伊和商人尼尔(布莱德利·库珀 Bradley Cooper 饰)之间达成了交易,开始推广魔术拖把进入市场,但很快乔伊就发现,自己仿佛是一块香喷喷的肉,每个路过的人都想从她身上捞到点什么。
Inspired by Stephanie Wood’s powerful memoir Fake, this drama follows Birdie Bell (Asher Keddie), a magazine features writer who thinks she’ 、s found her perfect match when she meets successful grazier, Joe Burt (David Wenham), on a dating app. But as the relationship intensifies, Birdie is torn between Joe’s magnetic pull and the instinct that her boyfriend isn’t all he has led her to believe.