塞莱斯特(莎莉·菲尔德 Sally Field饰)是一名女演员,正在参演一部名叫《太阳又西沉》的电视剧。和她一起参演的还有年轻漂亮的洛丽(伊丽莎白·苏 Elisabeth Shue 饰)和充满了心机一心想要取代塞莱斯特的蒙塔纳(凯西·莫拉蒂 Cathy Moriarty 饰)。为了为难塞莱斯特,蒙塔纳撺掇制片人戴维(小罗伯特·唐尼 Robert Downey Jr. 饰)请来了塞莱斯特的旧情人杰弗里(凯文·克莱恩 Kevin Kline 饰),哪知道花心的杰弗里竟然一下子就喜欢上了洛丽。 让大家没有想到的是,洛丽的真实身份竟然是塞莱斯特和杰弗里的私生女,在电视剧大结局即将上演之际,每个人都暴露出了他们的秘密。Celeste Talbert has been the queen of the soaps for over two decades. Montana Moorehead needs to get her out of her way before she can move on and begins her program to get her to leave. She hires an old boyfriend of Celeste to be on the show and has Celeste become a murderer in the script, but each attempt has unforseen consequences.