In this winning, romantic comedy, Pfeiffer and Clooney find that opposites attract whether they like it or not. Melanie Parker is juggling single parenthood with a career as an architect. Jack Taylor is a commitment shy newspaper columnist who only has his daughter every other weekend. When their kids miss a school field trip, Melanie and Jack agree to take shifts baby-sitting for the day, resulting in twelve hours of hilarious misadventures with one unexpected twist.