Umlinganiswa ophambili wokupeyinta "Uthando kunye nobuhlobo" ngumhlobo we-suzen vernon (kate Bakinsale). Ubeneminyaka engama-35 ubudala, kwaye emva kokusweleka komyeni wakhe, uyanqwenela ukunika intombi yakhe ukuba itshate nomfana osisityebi. Kodwa yonke ingxaki kukuba umntu oswelekileyo ushiye ngasemva amatyala amaninzi ekufuneka uhlawule umhlaba. Ke ngoko, uSuzen akanalo olunye uphume, ngaphandle kokuba aye kwizalamane. Banokwazi ukuthanda kwaye baguqukele ubomi bamaphondo endlebe entloko.
"Uthando kunye nobuhlobo" kukuguqulelwa kwencwadi ehlekisayo ne-parody yombhali ongumbhali uJane Austin. Umlawuli wepeyinti waba ngusana, umtyunjwa weOscar yefilimu "ulutsha lwegolide." Ukongeza kwiKate Beckinsale emfanekisweni Unokumbona uStefano Fray, uJenn Murray noClojie.
Kwintlangano ye-Buffet, "i-Golitsyn", i-St.