A cookery writer falls in love with a reporter she meets at a wedding, and gets married. She sacrifices her career to devote herself to family life, but during her second pregnancy, she becomes aware her husband is having an affair. Mike Nichols' comedy drama, starring Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels, Maureen Stapleton and Stockard Channing, and featuring Kevin Spacey in his movie debut.

She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks. And if that combination doesn't give a relationship heartburn, nothing will.