《水上人家》是一部类似《音乐之声》家庭喜剧电影。影片气氛轻松,节奏明快,情节搞笑。讲述了一个带着孩子的单身男人,和家人特别是子女缺乏沟通,而空降来一善良快活,不按常理出牌的女子,终于俘虏了这整个一家。好莱坞传奇男星加里•格兰特和意大利性感女神索菲娅•罗兰联袂出演。在影片中加里•格兰特和索菲亚•罗兰有情人终成眷属,然而现实中加里•格兰特却没有抱得美人归,影片拍摄期间正是格兰特展开追求的时候,他们的表演让人难忘。Tom Winters, a widower, is trying to understand and raise three precocious children alone. He gets a little unexpected help from Cinzia, when the children decide she is be the new maid. She is actually an Italian socialite who is trying to get away from her overprotective father.