艾迪(西恩·潘 Sean Penn 饰)和莫林(罗宾·怀特 Robin Wright 饰)是一对十分恩爱的夫妻,虽然艾迪的个性冲动鲁莽又神经兮兮,但并不影响两人对于彼此真挚的感情。终于,在惹出了一个大麻烦后,艾迪被抓去了疯人院,这一关就是十年之久。 在这十年间,失魂落魄无以为继的莫林结识了名为乔伊(约翰·特拉沃尔塔 John Travolta 饰)的男子,乔伊将莫林从生活的泥潭里拉了出来,让莫林重新过上了正常的生活。十年后,艾迪出院了,他要做的第一件事,就是去找莫林同她重修旧好,十年里,他坚信着莫林一直没有忘记自己。糟糕的是,面对艾迪的热烈追求,莫林的内心发生了强烈的动摇。Maureen is pregnant and her husband Eddie is missing. Nervous, Maureen shares a couple of drinks with neighbor Kiefer, who tries to rape her and then beats her. When Eddie returns and finds his wife bruised, he goes ballistic, shoots a paramedic and is put in a psychiatric institution. Ten years later, Eddie is released and finds that Maureen has divorced him and is remarried with three children, one of whom is his little girl Jeanie. Eddie goes to reclaim his wife.