Reese Donahue an aspiring writer, works hard to keep from working. She suffers from a strong case of entitlement. Her mother died when she was sixteen, and her father, Grayson Donahue tries to give Reese and her sister, Audrey all that they need.
Brought to Los Angeles for treatment, a recovering junkie soon learns that the rehab center is not about helping people, but a cover for a multi-billion-dollar fraud operation that enlists addicts to recruit other addicts.
米娅（艾玛·斯通 Emma Stone 饰）渴望成为一名演员，但至今她仍旧只是片场咖啡厅里的一名平凡的咖啡师，尽管不停的参加着大大小小的试镜，但米娅收获的只有失败。某日，在一场派对之中，米娅邂逅了名为塞巴斯汀（瑞恩·高斯林 Ryan Gosling 饰）的男子，起初两人之间产生了小小的矛盾，但很快，米娅便被塞巴斯汀身上闪耀的才华以及他对爵士乐的纯粹追求所吸引，最终两人走到了一起。
在塞巴斯汀的鼓励下，米娅辞掉了咖啡厅的工作，专心为自己写起了剧本，与此同时，塞巴斯汀为了获得一份稳定的收入，加入了一支流行爵士
