imagine a film the complete opposite of lawrence of arabia and instead of have an all male cast and it have an all female cast . instead of be set in the barren desert of arabia and it be set in the bulging metropolis of new york city . and instead of it be one of the great film ever make and it be one of the most pointless and boring and forgettable . the film concern mary haines ( meg ryan ) a perfect wife and mother and the envy of all others in her high society manhatten social circle . she be paint a a woman bear the weight of the world on her shoulder and despite the fact she need a live in nanny and housekeeper to cope with her one child . but i do not want to be too hard on her and mary do all this whilst take a liassez faire attitude towards the fashion design job her father have give her . this idyllic lifestyle can not last forever though and thing start to crash in a very real way . mary husband be cheat on her and her father fire her for not work hard enough . she be quite naturally upset and break down a little . mary need to bounce back though and for the sake of her impressionable young daughter and for herself . she do this through rehab and hair straightening and design her own line of clothes while though amazingly for this kind of film and not a montage . mary succeed while her daughter love her and her mother love her and her friend love her and her husband decide he love her now . she decide to take her cheating husband back after realise it be her fault he cheat and a she do not dote on him enough . the films one save grace be that it doesn not go down the all men be evil route .