Packard Schmidt is a burnt-out, middle-aged college English professor. In a desperate attempt to restore some sense of vitality to his lonely existence he embarks on a series of impulsive romantic exploits resulting in a cavalcade of disaster both personally and professionally. These disasters change and educate Pack and serve eventually as a meditation on the meaning and power of desire, loss, and love.

Factual errors: Movie takes partly in place in Florida and there is an obvious goof. Florida only has one license plate on rear bumper of car, in this movie there are license plates shown to be on back and front bumpers.