She was having a perfectly bad day... Then he came along and spoiled it.
Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one morning when overwhelmed Jack is left unexpectedly with Maggie and forgets that Melanie was to take her to school. As a result, both children miss their school field trip and are stuck with the parents. The two adults project their negative stereotypes of ex-spouses on each other, but end up needing to rely on each other to watch the children as each must save his job. Humor is added by Sammy's propensity for lodging objects in his nose and Maggie's tendency to wander.
Michael Hoffman
Director
Michelle Pfeiffer
Melanie Parker
George Clooney
Jack Taylor
Mae Whitman
Maggie Taylor, Jack's daughter
Alex D. Linz
Sammy Parker, Melanie's son
Charles Durning
Lew, Jack's boss
Jon Robin Baitz
Mr. Yates, Jr.
Ellen Greene
Mrs. Elaine Lieberman
Amanda Peet
Celia
Joe Grifasi
Manny Feldstein
Yours, Mine & Ours61%
Because I Said So58%
Status Update73%
Safe Haven72%
Your Place or Mine62%
St. Vincent71%
She-Devil59%
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead61%
Candy Cane Lane59%
Only the Lonely61%
Switching Channels61%
A Merry Little Ex-Mas60%
The First Wives Club67%
Meet the Fockers62%
Falling for Christmas62%
It Takes Two65%
The Willoughbys70%
Throw Momma from the Train61%
Family Switch63%
Little Italy66%
