The single and successful executive of the fashion world, Helen Harris (Kate Hudson), becomes the guardian of her two nieces and one nephew after the death of her sister and her brother-in-law. She moves from Manhattan to Queens, and faces difficulties trying to raise the children.

While filming, director Garry Marshall kept referring to star Kate Hudson as Goldie. He had worked with Hudson's mother Goldie Hawn on Overboard (1987) and kept getting the name wrong, as he said they looked and acted so much alike. The actress was a good sport about it, but the crew put up a box for Marshall to pay $5.00 for every time he called her by the wrong name. By the end of the shoot the money in the box provided for a lavish party, thrown by Hudson for the entire crew.

Sarah Davis:
[about the turtle] Can you call it Hippo?


Henry Davis:
Why do you call everything Hippo?


Sarah Davis:
Because I can spell it!

Continuity: In the final scene, the ship "Miss New York" is docked in one shot. In the next wide shot the ship can be seen leaving port. In a third, seconds-later wide shot, the ship is again seen passing the same point on its departure.

Written by Carole King and Paul Williams
Produced by John Leventhal and Rick DePofi
Performed by Joan Osborne