Richard Haig (Pierce Brosnan) é um professor de poesia em Cambridge que encontra sua alma gêmea (Salma Hayek), mas só aceita repensar seu estilo de vida hedonista após engravidar a irmã da amada, a universitária Kate (Jessica Alba).
As career “sidekick” Max McCabe pushes 40 and his job performance starts to lose its youthful zip, he is unceremoniously fired by his superhero boss and cast adrift in a world that seems to have no use for an aging professional buddy.
