一切本来都完美无瑕,巴迪(本·阿弗莱克 Ben Affleck 饰)在尚且青春之时尽情的享受着他所拥有的时间、金钱、名望,直到那一天。在机场,为了和美女米妮(娜塔莎·亨斯屈奇 Natasha Henstridge 饰)共度良宵,巴迪将唯一一张宝贵的机票让给了老实人格里格(托尼·戈德温 Tony Goldwyn 饰),没想到好心却酿成了恶果,飞机坠毁,格里格代替本该乘上飞机的巴迪成为了空中的冤魂。 时间匆匆流逝,可巴迪并不能从当初的打击和罪恶感中走出来,他决定去拜访格里格的家。在那里,巴迪结识了格里格的遗孀艾比(格温妮丝·帕特洛 Gwyneth Paltrow 饰),要命的是,巴迪发现自己竟然爱上了这个美丽善良的女人,自此,事情变得复杂起来。Buddy (Affleck) has just signed an airline in Chicago as a big client, but is ironically delayed at the airport waiting for a flight to LA on that same airline. He meets fellow passenger Greg, who opts to be bumped, even though it means missing an activity with his older son. When the flight gets resumed, Buddy thinks he's doing a good deed by swapping tickets with Greg so he can get home to his son. Sadly, the flight crashes. Buddy conspires with his friend, the ticket agent that night, to take his name off the passenger list and put Greg's on. Once he's back in LA, his new client dictates that the company run a series of feel-good ads about the crash. Buddy feels very hypocritical, and completely loses it when the commercials win a Cleo. After going through re-hab, he decides he needs to check on Greg's widow. But he doesn't plan on falling in love with her.