本片从女性观点看办公室的职场浮沉录，同时探讨女人在面对事业与爱情之间的两难，是一部颇具省思意味的文艺片。主角伊莎贝拉是一名精明干练的女秘书，跟上司工作多年后产生了一定的感情，当上司退休后，她面临是否同进退的考验。新上司对她的能力相当赏识，伊莎贝拉也因表现出色而晋升高职。但此时旧上司的妻子因故去世，旧上司向伊莎贝拉求婚，使她再一次面临更大的抉择。导演盖格林叙事流畅细腻，珍斯特普尔和合演的彼得科友特均表现出色，使这部中年上班族电影相当可观。
Ella Peterson is a Brooklyn telephone answering service operator who tries to improve the lives of her clients by passing along bits of information she hears from other clients. She falls in love with one of her clients, the playwright Jeffrey Moss, and is determined to meet him. The trouble is, on the phone to him, she always pretends to be an old woman whom he calls "Mom."
