Desperate to experience true emotion, a young woman, CARYS, regularly attends the funerals of strangers. But she's unprepared for the secrets she must keep and the lies she must tell when, at one fateful wake, she falls …

已过而立之年的卡尔·阿伦（金·凯瑞饰）虽然衣食无忧，但他的人生可谓失败透顶。三年前和妻子离婚，始终过着单身生活。生活中他拒绝和他人交往，反而更愿意窝在家里看电影。在朋友的建议下，卡尔来到一家名为“好好先生”的机构作咨询，…