母亲的早逝、姐姐的出嫁令少女艾玛(格温妮斯•帕特洛 Gwyneth Paltrow 饰)很快就成了哈菲尔德大宅的女主人,在成功撮合了她的家庭教师泰勒小姐(格列塔•斯卡奇 Greta Scacchi 饰)与韦斯顿先生(詹姆斯•卡沙莫 James Cosmo 饰)的美好姻缘后,艾玛更加意气风发。这次艾玛又将目标对准了她的好友——出身平凡的哈丽叶特小姐(托妮•科莱…
Followed by Tony Towers, he's a local celebrity, a successful nightclub manager and he is engaged to a younger woman, Sue. Things get a little strange when he embarks upon the 3:17 to Nottingham for a Christmas family reunion.