在这部略解风情喜剧/剧情片中,故事的主人公是一个在任何方面看起来都很普通的男人。一次偶然的机会，他遇见了自己非常喜欢的女孩，然而不凑巧的是，当时他傻乎乎的闹出了许多笑话，活像个小丑。随后为了将女孩追到手，主人公绞尽脑汁，用尽各种办法，就是希望对方能明白自己的心意，不要误以为他是一个不解风情的家伙。
Herman Spooner still lives with his parents in Monrovia on the eve of his 30th birthday; He sells used cars (badly), fantasizes about his own apartment, is socially isolated, and tries to talk a good game. When he helps Rose, a young woman with car trouble who's driving home to Oceanside before flying to a teaching job in the Philippines, he's smitten. He inflates his resume, gets her a tow to the car lot, puts her at the head of the queue for repairs, and recommends a local hotel for her overnight stay. He visits her there that night and later contrives to get her to stay. Is there any hope for Spooner in this relationship, or is it another case of his letting fantasy take over?
