尽管自己并不承认,但麦维斯(查理兹·塞隆 Charlize Theron 饰)就是一个标标准准的大龄剩女。她独居,没有朋友,吃垃圾食品,写垃圾小说,更可悲的是,她的小说卖的并不好。某一天,她收到了喜当爹的前男友巴迪(帕特里克·威尔森 Patrick Wilson 饰)的邮件,却错误的认为这是巴迪发给她的求偶信号。麦维斯振奋不已,决定改头换面,重返学生时代住过的水星镇,拯救她深陷婚姻漩涡的前男友。
Follows an Italian con-man who pretends to be a prince and goes to Mexico City to exploit the elite's fascination with European Nobility. They comply with his every request, even giving him their daughters' hands in marriage.