Let's be clear right here at the start. This is a funny, funny movie; actually all the way through, if you're only taking in the surface action. But, watch out for all the deeper stuff in the undercurrent.
Speaking of surface here's the plot line. Jane (Meryl Streep) has been divorced for 10 years from her ex-husband of 28 years, Jake (Alec Baldwin). They have 3 (now grown) children together. They divorced because he cheated on her with a 20-year younger woman Agnes, to whom he's now married. Jane's hasn't remarried; she lives alone. Even though the work part of her life goes well (she owns a successful bakery/restaurant), she doesn't have a dating life and she's self-conscious about her 50-something looks.
When the family goes to their son's college graduation, Jake goes alone; Agnes, his wife, is back home sick. Without planning it, Jake and Jane find they're staying at the same hotel. They accidentally meet at the hotel bar where they drink, eat and dance together. They get drunk and end up in bed together.
Back home, they continue their affair. While that's going on, Jane has a few dates with Adam (Steve Martin), an architect who is designing an addition on her home. That relationship progresses nicely until.....
Through an outrageous, very funny bunch of circumstances Adam sees Jake in Jane's bedroom naked. It's a hilarious scene but Adam now believes that Jane has been lying to him all along about dating someone else. He's obviously hurt.
Her children are there during these crazy moments and they learn that their parents have been having an affair since the graduation trip. They're really disappointed in their mom but aren't all that surprised at their dad's behavior. They leave the house, Jake leaves and Adam disconnects his computer (sorry; you'll have to watch the movie to "get it").
The next morning Jane collects herself, apologizes to the kids and then to Adam. Jake asks again to come back to her. Again, she says "No."
In the end, she and Adam do get together and it looks like they might have a great relationship based on honesty, genuine liking and respect for each other. Adam is everything Jake isn't.
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