Straight-laced, type-A personality Joy Miles has to take an unscheduled road trip to drive her forgetful, yet opinionated, mother-in-law, Loraine, from Louisville, Kentucky to Savannah, Georgia. Although initially impatient and frustrated, Joy begins to realize her true affection for Loraine as she takes a front-seat-view of how this strong-willed yet free-spirited woman manages the emotional transition of learning to live life after losing her spouse. Despite their many differences, and with light-hearted adventures at every turn, they discover how much they respect and even need each other.
商场保安保罗(凯文·詹姆斯 Kevin James 饰)的梦想是成为一名警察,但低血糖的体质让他在新泽西警察学校的考试中再次失败,保罗带着颓意返回家中,母亲和女儿给予安慰并劝说他再找一位爱人。保罗又开始了每天平淡的工作:指路或是被商场的孩子们捉弄,但今天,他的目光被假发柜台的艾米(杰玛·梅斯 Jayma Mays 饰)深深吸引,保罗希望在艾米面前彰显男儿本色,但无奈庞大的身躯和偏弱的体质总是令他的自尊受损。这天,一群匪徒占领了商场,计划对店面和银行进行暴劫,而躲在游戏厅中的保罗对这一切浑然不觉,当他赤手空拳面对劫匪时,剩下的只有逃跑,然而保罗意识到艾米被劫为人质时,他决定不顾一切返回商场……