the story is launch whilst a successful man of affairs known as Mackintosh (Kevin Kline) finds himself at the mercy of likely muggers whilst his car breaks down inside the bad a portion of town. A muggers come talked away from victimizing Mackintosh, by Simon (Danny Glover), a tow-truck driver world health organization arrives eventually to save Macintosh's life. Mack sets bent on befriend Simon, despite a fact that it develop nothing within green. Merely Macintosh seems unaware that his want to befriend Simon is actually the form of mid-life crisis, mixed by owning racial guilt that he is easily-off piece Simon is struggling financially.

Meanwhile, Mackintosh's married woman (Mary McDonnell) and right friend, Davis (Steve Martin) are likewise experiencing life-changing cases, she while she encounters an abandoned child in the street & becomes determined to adopt it, he fallowing getting shot in the leg by the car-jacker. a producer of violent action films, Davis suddenly becomes concerned inside philosophy to a higher degree pack-professional, & announces that he may devote a remainder of his career to eliminating violence from either the cinema.

A film history how else these characters -- also when various acquaintances, co-workfellow, & relatives -- come affected by their interactions within weak one life-changing cases.