In a coffee shop in a tight-knit Oregon community, local professor Harry Stevenson witnesses love and attraction whipping up mischief among the town's residents. From the unlucky in love, die-hard romantic coffee shop owner Bradley who has a serial habit of looking for love in all the wrong places; to the edgy real estate agent Diana who is caught up in an affair with a married man; to the beautiful young newcomer Chloe who defies fate in romancing the troubled Oscar; to Harry himself, whose adoring wife is looking to break through his wall of grief after the wrenching loss of a beloved...they all intertwine into one remarkable story in which no one can escape being bent, broken, befuddled, delighted and ultimately redeemed by love's inescapable spell.

Directed by
Robert Benton

Cast
Morgan Freeman - Harry Scott
Greg Kinnear - Bradley Thomas
Radha Mitchell - Diana
Jane Alexander - Esther
Alexa Davalos - Chloe
Toby Hemingway - Oscar
Selma Blair - Kathryn
Stana Katic - Jenny
Billy Burke - David
Fred Ward - Bat

Production Co.
Lakeshore Entertainment
Revelations Entertainment

Produced by
Lori McCreary
Gary Lucchesi
Tom Rosenberg

Studio
MGM Studios

Writer
Allison Burnett
Charles Baxter

Music
Stephen Trask