When an unmarried plastic surgeon, Danny, persuades his assistant, Katherine,
to travel to Hawaii with him and his young fiancée, Palmer, and pretend to be his ex-wife
to hide a lie that he told to his fiancée, he ends up complicating the situation further.
The scene opens with Veruca, Danny's fiancée, wearing a white wedding gown,
and showing it off to her friends while talking to them. Twenty-year-old Danny overhears her speaking
with her friends, and discovers that his fiancée is having an affair with a guy behind his back,
and is only getting married to him, because he is a well-established man, and will become a
successful cardiologist very soon. She is after his money not him. Furthermore, he discovers
that his soon-to-be wife will take advantage of his kindness, and consideration to continue the
illicit relationship with her boyfriend, even after the wedding. While conversing with her
friends, Veruca also makes fun of his appearance, and his large nose. Danny is heartbroken by all
of this. He decides to leave his wedding before the ceremony, because his heart is shattered.
He goes directly to a bar to forget his sorrows, where something interesting
happens to him. A very beautiful, young woman sits next to him. When Danny tells that woman,
that she has dropped her purse, she yells at him, rather than being appreciative and thankful. She
initially treats him shabbily, because she assumes he will hit on her, just like all the other guys
have in the bar. But he again reminds her, that he was just telling her about her dropping the purse,
and this is when she realizes her mistake, and at the same time, she notices the ring on Danny's
finger. Danny was about to tell her the truth, but he refrained, because he couldn't admit to her,
that he was a loser. As a result, he slightly exaggerated the truth, and lied to her about the
bad behavior of his fake wife. Out of sympathy, Danny got the chance to sleep with that young,
attractive woman after faking a sad story, about his "wife" and fourteen adopted children.
Danny then decides to become a plastic surgeon, to get rid of his large nose. 23 years later,
Danny is a well-known plastic surgeon in Los Angeles, who plays the part of being
in a troubled marriage, to win the hearts of women, and avoids romantic commitments,
that might result in further heartbreak. He often considered discarding the ring,
but he was unable to do so, because it was dear to him. It was the thing that
allowed him to get intimate with various women, without developing feelings for any
of them. The only woman who was aware of his schemes and fake stories was Katherine Murphy,
a divorced mother of two, who served as both his friend and office manager.
At a party, Danny takes his cousin Eddie with him, with whom Danny has
performed plastic surgery to enlarge his most private part. A girl rushes over screaming,
that a child's knee is bleeding after being scratched. Dany proposes that he could stitch it,
as he is a plastic surgeon by profession. Danny takes off his ring, and sets it aside to tend
to the kid's wound. Soon after, Danny meets Palmer, a young math teacher of the sixth grade,
and is captivated by her beauty. As Danny sees her for the first time,
everything else becomes blurry to him, and she becomes his center of focus. She thanks him for
expertly stitching the child's knee. Together, they spend their time, learning more about one
another. Danny finds out that Palmer's parents had a very contentious divorce, and that she left
Los Angeles after growing weary of picking sides. She believes Danny's lie, that he has never been
this close to a girl her age before. He started developing deep feelings for her. Danny appeals
to Palmer as well, and the two kiss. They end up spending the night together on the beach,
after getting lost in the heat of the moment. Danny admits the following morning, that it was
the best night of his life, and Palmer begins to believe, that something could happen between the
two. Palmer requests that he should take her out on a formal date. To share the contact number,
he asks her to get his business card from his pants pocket, where she finds his wedding ring.
Palmer gets angry at him, knowing that he is married. While attempting to lie to her, Danny
utterly fails. Palmer becomes even more enraged and departs, throwing the ring on his chest.
Danny is advised by Katherine to be honest with Palmer, if he likes her and wants to
be with her. Danny goes to Palmer's school to meet her. He chases her as she flees,
while he calls out to her. She throws the flower bouquet, Danny had brought her,
in the trash. She expressly informs him, that she won't be another woman, and that she doesn't date
married men. Instead of telling her the truth, Danny tells her that he is in a horrible marriage,
and he is soon going to get a divorce. Palmer blames herself for ruining a marriage,
but Danny persuades her by saying, that she was not to blame. A few days back, he had already
signed the divorce papers. He claims that his fictitious wife, Devlin, is having an
affair with Dolph Lundgren, and that is why he is divorcing her. But despite all the fake stories,
Palmer doesn't believe that Danny would leave his wife, and she insists on meeting his wife.
After a brief argument, Danny returns to his best friend Katherine,
and asks her to take on the role of his fictitious wife "Delvin." To prove to
Palmer that his first wife is attractive, he forces her to shop for new outfits,
heels, and handbags. To change Katherine's appearance, he even takes her to a stylist.
When Danny first sees Katherine, she looks completely different from how he remembers her.
He finds it hard to believe, that Katherine is the girl walking towards him. Katherine
conducts herself in front of Palmer, exactly as Danny had wished. Together, the three of them
eat and converse. After convincing Palmer, that she should have Danny all to herself,
because their relationship didn't work out, Katherine gives her blessing to Danny and Palmer.
When Katherine was about to leave, she receives a call from her children, she briefly sheds Danny's
fake wife persona, and engages in conversation with them like a true mother. Palmer assumes
Danny is the father of her children. Palmer says she loves kids, and demands to meet Danny's kids.
Danny then has a private meeting with Michael and Maggie, Katherine's children,
to persuade them to play along and pass for him for an afternoon. He gives each
of them the aliases "Kiki Dee" and "Bart." Danny is forced to agree to Katherine's
children's demands, after they ask Danny to compensate them for their actions.
Katherine gets angry with Danny, when she learns that he is going to use her children to hide his
lies. Danny argues, claiming it was her mistake for picking up the phone in Palmer's presence,
when everything was going well. Danny finds out that Katherine had lunch with Brian,
the receptionist at Dr. Gervitz's office. He tells Katherine that during their meeting,
he made Michael smile, and forced Maggie to eat three pieces of meat, which Katherine
has never been able to do. He responds to Katherine's argument, that she would never let
her children become involved in his lies. Danny then asks Katherine to do this for her children.
Danny along with Katherine and her kids enter the play center. As planned earlier, Danny introduces
Palmer to the children, Michael as Bart and Maggie as Kiki Dee. Maggie uses a phony British accent,
which she is learning in acting classes, when speaking to Palmer. Palmer questions
Katherine about her nationality, so to save the truth, Katherine lies and says, they sent
her to an English boarding school the previous year, which is why she has a faintly British
accent. Michael acts very morosely in front of Palmer. Danny cautions her to act normally
if Maggie wants to get paid. Katherine thanks Danny, after Danny brings food for the kids,
and they have it without throwing tantrums. Palmer makes an effort to make friends with Michael,
but he doesn't respond. By claiming to be upset that his father, Danny, broke his promise to
take him to Hawaii to swim with dolphins, and instead cancel the trip because he met her,
Michael uses Danny as a bargaining chip. Poor Danny has to take all of them to Hawaii.
When Danny is about to kiss Palmer at the airport, Danny's endearing cousin Eddie interrupts them,
and unexpectedly kisses Katherine. Eddie, who has assumed the identity of Dolph Lundgren while
posing as an Austrian, surprises them all. Palmer is overjoyed to have another travel companion.
Because she doesn't want him to go along, Katherine leads him to a corner, and asks him to
act ill, and to get away from her. She discovers that he is eluding his ex-new girlfriend's
boyfriend at this point, and he doesn't have any option but to go with them to Hawaii. Finally,
Katherine and Danny are compelled to bring him along, adding another expense to Danny's burden.
Right after reaching Hawaii, they all go to the beach. Danny and Eddie watch Palmer,
as she comes out of the beach in a bikini.
Danny enters a store in the following scene, and begins looking for an engagement ring. Eddie is
surprised that he was looking for an engagement ring, because he thought Danny would grow tired
of Palmer after a week or two, and will leave her just the way he has done in the past. However,
Danny assures him that Palmer is the sweetest and most attractive girl he has ever met,
and that he really likes Palmer. Danny also discloses to Eddie that he is
thinking about proposing to Palmer. Eddie sings a humorous song about his cousin's predicament.
Palmer asks Eddie what he does for a living, and Eddie responds in the guise of Dolph that
he is a sheep shipper. The constant babbling of Eddie bores the rest of the group. When
Eddie starts lying too much, about how he met Katherine and goes off the line,
Katherine takes Danny away. Danny tries to stop Katherine, as she walks away while stating,
that she can't put up with this drama any more. The exact moment they run into the real
life Devlin Adams and her husband Ian Maxtone Jones. Katherine discovers that Ian created
the iPod there. Devlin informs Katherine that she recently ran into their old friend Sandra Wernick,
and that the unfortunate Sandra is getting divorced, and also has a child.
Then, when Devlin asks Katherine if she is married, Katherine responds that she is,
introducing Danny as her husband, rather than acknowledging that she is a single mother of two
kids. Katherine claims that Danny is one of the best plastic surgeons, in order to make Devlin
envious. When they return to Palmer and Eddie, Danny and Katherine engage in a cute bantering.
The six of them go on an adventure together, the following morning to enhance their bonds. There,
they come across a waterfall, where Palmer dives in to swim, and Maggie jumps in to wash the sand
off her body, while mockingly yelling, that she loves her daddy. Michael is afraid to dive in,
because he believes the water to be too deep. Katherine tells Danny, that he can't swim. Danny
then points out that he spent all of this money just so Michael could swim with the dolphins,
and Michael replies that he hadn't given it much thought. In order to save time,
Katherine asks Michael to stay with his pretend father,
while she removes her dress and dives into the water. She looks stunning,
and Danny and Eddie can’t take their eyes off her. They are utterly shocked by Katherine's new look.
Palmer wants to look after the children, when Danny wants to leave them with Eddie and
Katherine, claiming that he was with the children during the day, and that Eddie and Katherine will
take care of them at night. But Danny has to accept Palmer's wish. Katherine asks Danny to
call her, if he needs any help. Danny mocks Brian, whom Katherine had lunch with earlier. Katherine
sarcastically notes that Danny is bothered by the fact that she went out on lunch with a man.
Katherine gets irritated by Danny mocking Brian. She states the truth, that a guy had lunch with
a woman without making up a fake lie, which hurts Danny as he starts to compare himself with Brian.
Eddie feels excited that he is finally alone with Katherine, as she enters the room,
but she punches him in the stomach, putting an end to his joy. On the other hand,
Palmer and Danny along with the kids play games. Michael breaks down in tears while he is playing,
because his real father doesn't have time for him. Maggie consoles her younger brother,
and Palmer looks at Danny, who is the culprit in her eyes, before walking away in anger.
Danny asks the kids to play along for two more days, while putting them in bed. To show Palmer,
they give hugs, and laugh while acting like the happiest family possible. Palmer walks in,
and informs the group that because she and Katherine will be at a spa the following day,
Danny will be watching the kids all day.
The following morning, Danny takes a series of random photos, to convince Palmer that he is
playing with the kids when, in fact, he is not. Just for the sake of the camera, they pretended
to be having fun together. When Maggie says that they never had fun with their real father,
it touches Danny's heart. Michael will learn to swim from Danny, before his mother gets
back from her spa day. Michael questioned Danny's ability to teach him to swim in just four hours,
where his friend took the entire summer to do so. Danny throws Michael into the pool,
after telling him he will do it the same way his grandfather taught him to. Eddie
joins their group, and they eventually succeed in teaching Michael how to swim.
Palmer and Katherine are impressed with Danny's ability to relate to children.
Devlin, Katherine's friend, shows up out of the blue. Before things could
become more complicated and confusing, Eddie pushes Palmer into the water to
divert everyone's attention. Devlin extends dinner invitations to Katherine and Danny.
Palmer complains about Eddie, saying that he pushed her in the pool, which was wrong, but
Danny defends him, saying that this is how guys make friends. Because it is his first night alone
with Palmer, Danny tries to reject Katherine's request for going to dinner with her, when Palmer
proposes to make an intimate time proposal to him. Katherine emotionally blackmails Danny, by saying
that it is the first time she is asking for the favor, and requests him to give Palmer the phone,
when he is unsure of what to say to Palmer. To spend the entire night away from the hotel,
Katherine asks Eddie to take Palmer out with her. Eddie asks Palmer to hang out at Katherine's
request, so that they can get to know one another better, which is important for the kids too,
to have good symmetry in the family. Palmer asks Danny if he is okay with it, and then agrees.
At the dinner, Ian tries to brag by ordering the most expensive bottle of wine,
and Devlin exaggerates how much she loves her husband Ian. After being questioned by Devlin,
Katherine tells a lie about having met Danny at a concert. Palmer is taken to a hotel on the side
of the road by Eddie, who is still posing as Dolph in front of Palmer. Suddenly a girl starts crying,
because her pet sheep has stopped breathing. She calls out for a veterinarian's help. Eddie
had previously revealed to Palmer, that he makes his living by selling sheep,
so when he is forced to save the life of a real sheep, who choked on a toy whistle,
he almost blows. Eddie declares the sheep died, and as he prepares to flee for his life,
the sheep begins to make noises. At this point, Eddie is certain that he is in serious trouble.
During the dinner, Ian excuses himself, Devlin asks Danny and Katherine to look each other in
the eyes, and share one thing they like about the other. Katherine tells Danny that she adores him,
and enjoys spending time with him, while gazing deeply into his eyes, and praises him for his
big heart, kindness, and humility. Then, with the same intensity, Danny tells Katherine that
he admires her generosity, her smile, and her openness. For that brief moment, they become
completely absorbed in one another, and begin to sense a connection. Devlin and Katherine are asked
to act as hula girls for the evening by Ian. The host asks the audience to vote for their favorite
hula girl, while the two girls dance. Devlin and Katherine fight in the competition till the end,
leading to a tie between the two. Devlin requests the tie breaker, because she is unable to accept
her defeat. The host then introduces the Coconut Smoochie game as the tie-breaker,
in which the couple moves a coconut from their torso up to their mouths, without the use of their
hands or any other thing. Danny and Katherine unexpectedly get physically close to one another,
while trying to bring a coconut to their mouths. Danny then compliments Katherine's perfume, and
eventually they succeed in doing so before Devlin and Ian, helping Katherine win the competition.
When Katherine notices Devlin’s jealous and dejected expression, she becomes extremely happy.
When they return to the room, Katherine realizes that it was for the first time that they both
went out alone, and enjoyed their together time a lot. Danny expresses sympathy for Brian in his
comment. In response, Katherine accuses Danny of being obsessed with Brian, which is why he keeps
dragging him every time. Danny argues his case by saying, he finds it impossible to imagine the two
of them dating. Katherine reveals that Dr. Gervitz has asked Katherine to serve as his manager,
as he is relocating his practice to New York City. Danny suddenly becomes serious and inquires if
Katherine is sincere, but she slaps him playfully, and replies that she was just curious to see his
response. She is certain that Danny needs her in order to work, because he depends on her for even
his signs. Danny asserts that Katherine created the Brian story to make him envious, and he is
relieved to learn that there is no connection between Brian and Katherine. Danny and Katherine,
who are still enjoying their spark they developed during the coconut Smoochie game, are about to
kiss, when Maggie and Michael interrupt them. They bid each other good night with heavy hearts.
Danny was sure that Katherine couldn't sleep, so he decides to go back to her,
but meets Palmer and Eddie on his way, who were returning from their dinner date. Since Palmer
learned of Danny's engagement plans from an inebriated Eddie, he suggests that she and
Danny get married right away. She becomes so ecstatic, that the next day she just wants to
wed Danny in Hawaii. She is eager to begin a life with Danny. When Katherine shows up,
she is shocked to learn that Palmer and Danny are getting married the following day. When Danny
asks Katherine for her opinion on the matter, she admits that she is happy for both of them,
but she will not attend the wedding, as it would be awkward to attend her ex-husband's marriage.
Palmer was ecstatic and happy about her wedding the entire night, while Danny and Katherine had
trouble falling asleep. When the feeling becomes too much for Danny to tolerate, he calls Katherine
at midnight. Danny gets Katherine's opinion on whether suddenly marrying Palmer is a good
idea. He is reminded by Katherine, that this is precisely why they traveled to Hawaii and that,
as an adult, he is free to do whatever he wants. Danny fears that it will cause tension between
him and Katherine at work. However, she cuts the call before informing him, that she will
be taking a job in New York City to get a fresh start, requesting him not to worry too much.
The next morning, Katherine compliments Palmer, who is now dolled up in her white wedding gown.
Because Palmer believes that Danny is still in love with her, she asks Katherine if she still
wants to be with him. When Danny is around Katherine, he always smiles and cracks up at
her jokes. Katherine tells Palmer, that Danny and she are just well acquainted,
and that there is nothing between them. Katherine assures her, saying she is the girl for him.
Katherine visits a bar, where she meets Devlin once more. When Devlin inquires about Danny,
Katherine admits, that she faked being married to him out of fear of Devlin
finding out the reality. Katherine tells her the truth, that she is a single mother,
has two kids whom she loves more than anything in the world, drives Honda. has a dial-up internet,
got a 2.7 GPA in college, not 3.4, and also that she is the assistant of Danny. After telling her
everything she had been holding inside, Katherine feels relieved. Devlin couldn't believe her,
because she could tell Katherine and Danny had a genuine connection which she could
feel. Katherine acknowledges that she might be in love with him, but that it doesn't matter,
because he is currently marrying someone else. Devlin admitted that she is divorcing
Ian due to his homosexual orientation, and the fact that he did not invent the iPod,
but rather made his money by suing the Los Angeles Dodgers after being injured by a foul ball.
Katherine understands that if they had tried the truth telling techniques earlier,
their life would have been better. Danny, who overheard Katherine admitting she might be in
love with him, emerges from behind. Devlin leaves the two of them alone.
Trying to divert Danny's attention by getting information about the kids, Katherine learns that
Palmer has taken them out for ice cream. Katherine comes to know that Danny didn't marry her, because
the one he loves was not with him. Katherine knows Danny is talking about her. She tries to point out
to Danny, that she has two children, and is not as young and attractive as Palmer. but Danny brushes
it off by saying that Palmer is nice, but she is not Katherine, and he also admits that he loves
her children more than anything in the world. He desires to spend twenty-three hours a day with
the children, and the final hour with Katherine. Katherine's heart melts, and she kisses Danny.
The next scene shows how well things worked out for everyone. Palmer meets
a tennis player her age, on the plane home, Michael got to swim with dolphins,
and Maggie is about to begin a three-week acting course with the real Dolph Lundgren.
When women inquire about Danny now that he is wearing his wedding ring,
he replies that he is married to a woman, who doesn't beat him or cheat on him,
and that he intends to spend the rest of his life with her. And the woman's name is Katherine.