Once Oscar-nominated script writer Byrdie Langdon feels cheated now studios reject her work, even half-unread, just because she and her characters aren't young enough. So he enlists her brother's penniless but charming son Jason 'Krueger' Langdon to sell her work under an alias, after a 'jocolar' Kramer vs. Kramer rip-off was nearly accepted, which would constitute fraud. But Jason's own ambition and romantic feelings for the one studio executive Byrdie hoped to get trough to get in the way.—KGF Vissers
When screenwriter Byrdie/Kirstie Alley returns to Hollywood for work, she hits the wall of ageism. Needing work, she gets her nephew to sell her script as his own.