大学同学约翰(保罗·路德 Paul Rudd 饰)的来电让柏迪亚(蒂娜·菲 Tina Fey 饰)十分意外,电话中,约翰邀请柏迪亚参观他所在的学校,作为同行,柏迪亚欣然前往。约翰的学校给作风保守古板的柏迪亚带来了很大的震撼,一些小小的改变在她的观念中逐渐形成。 约翰此次发出邀请其实还有另外一个目的,他发现自己学校中一位名叫杰瑞玛(纳特·沃尔夫 Nat Wolff 饰)的学生很可能和柏迪亚有着一段古老的渊源。果不其然,当柏迪亚看到杰瑞玛时,她感到内心里涌现出了一种特殊的感情。与此同时,她和约翰之间的距离也越来越近,幸福,在不经意间造访了这个善良的女人。Straitlaced Princeton University admissions officer Portia Nathan (Tina Fey) is caught off-guard when she makes a recruiting visit to an alternative high school overseen by her former college classmate, the freewheeling John Pressman (Paul Rudd). Pressman has surmised that Jeremiah (Nat Wolff), his gifted yet very unconventional student, might well be the son that Portia secretly gave up for adoption many years ago. Soon, Portia finds herself bending the rules for Jeremiah, putting at risk the life she thought she always wanted -- but in the process finding her way to a surprising and exhilarating life and romance she never dreamed of having.