母性光辉

并不富裕的伊莱扎（乌玛•瑟曼 Uma Thurman 饰）与丈夫以及两个年幼的孩子挤在曼哈顿的一间小小的公寓里。虽然伊莱扎一直都想成为一名专业的作家，但是无奈两个孩子年幼，而丈夫又要上班，所以她只能当起了全职妈妈，写作也只能在料理家务的间隙进行。这天是女儿卡拉拉六岁的生日， 伊莱扎一早便开始为生日会采购。可是谁能料到这样重要的一天竟然状况百出。当伊莱扎为了女儿的生日会四处奔波之际，她不禁为自己“无助”又“凄惨”的母亲生涯感到悲哀。可是当晚上看到女儿快乐的样子，而丈夫终于懂得体贴自己，伊莱扎终于感受到了作为一个母亲不一样的感受。Eliza Kendall Welch (Uma Thurman), mother of, Clara, and Lucas, lives with her spouse, Avery McKendrik (Anthony Edwards), in an Manhattan apartment. Today is May 25th, Clara's 6th birthday, and she has to make arrangements for a party, as well as attend to day-to-day chores, including Blogging, and entering an online contest 'Motherhood', and looking after her invalid elderly neighbor and a dog. Things will slowly get out of hand after her car gets towed due to a film shooting; the tire on her bike gets punctured; she alienates herself from her friend, Sheila (Minnie Driver); Clara's name is misspelled on the cake; while Avery refuses to answer his cell-phone. After being assisted by a delivery man, Nikesh (Arjun Gupta), who finds her attractive, she concludes she has had enough, and decides not to return home.