The cast includes his wife, Kyra Sedgwick, as well as both of their children, Travis and Sosie, the latter of whom has gone on to further her acting career in film and television.

The scene changes and travels to eight and a half years earlier, during which Emily narrates her story on how she conceived her son Paul.

After unsuccessful artificial inseminations, she set out seeking numerous sexual encounters with random men all over the country.

Retreating into a state of depression she takes sanctuary at a hotel during a business seminar, where she meets a man named Paul (Campbell Scott).

The site's consensus states, "The transition from novel to film is awkwardly executed, and Sedgwick's character, despite the attempts to make her sympathetic, merely comes across as creepy and crazy.