Harvey Shine is in London for the weekend for his daughter's wedding. His work in New York preoccupies him: he writes music for ads, and he knows his boss is pushing him aside for younger talent. With family he's also on the sidelines - long divorced, his wife remarried, her husband closer to his daughter than he. His path crosses that of Kate Walker, unmarried, her life becoming that of a spinster, set up by friends on blind dates leading nowhere. After Harvey's no good terrible day, he chats Kate up at a Heathrow bar. She's not interested. Where can this conversation lead? Back at his daughter's reception, the step-father rises to give a toast. 能和你一起白头未算迟。那人却在，灯火阑珊处。你送我火腿，我给你安慰。有生之年狭路相逢终不能幸免。。你是否还相信等待。永远不会太迟。一些感动的细节。我不允许我们只是美好的陌生人.。一切都没来得太早，一切也未来得太迟。。年过半百的温情。 人过中年，居住在纽约的作曲家哈维·山恩（达斯汀·霍夫曼 Dustin Hoffman 饰）的人生却逐渐走下坡路。早年和妻子（Kathy Baker 饰）离婚，老婆带着女儿（Liane Balaban 饰）前往伦敦开始崭新的生活；一生辛苦打拼，却落得随时会被老板开除的下场 。在某个周末，哈维乘机赶往伦敦参加女儿的婚礼，却发现女儿的继父（James Brolin 饰）取代了自己的位置。更糟糕的事接踵而来，哈维错过了返程的飞机，也因此丢掉早已风雨飘摇的工作。徘徊流连于英国机场的哈维，无意中邂逅中年女子凯特·沃克（艾玛·汤姆森 Emma Thompson 饰）。凯特专于工作，情感道路颇为坎坷。两个天涯沦落人不期而遇，似乎一段崭新的故事就这样慢慢展开……
