The movie begins as a man named Nelson Moss (Keanu Reeves) climbs out of bed one morning, ignoring his girlfriend Angelica and climbing into the shower thinking of nothing except his new "hot dog" advertising client. His girlfriend Angelica tells him they need to talk but he has other things on his mind. It is revealed that he’s a cocky, highly paid advertising executive and has won many awards for his campaigns.
Nelson gets to work in a high rise office in downtown San Francisco and barks out orders to his staff, trying to put the final touches on the proper way to sell a hot dog.
His secretary reminds him that he has a 1:00 appointment at the DMV and he can’t break it. He reluctantly goes down to the DMV office and prepares to take the written test. A woman named Sara Deever (Charlize Theron) beside him and makes a spectacle of herself, dropping groceries and making quite a disturbance. That night, Nelson’s bellman calls up to his room to say there is a strange woman there asking for him.
He goes down to find Sara, who wants a ride and when Nelson refuses, she starts making a scene. To quiet her down, he agrees to take her to wherever she wants. She directs him all the way to Oakland and has him park his car in a warehouse area. She puts on a wig and glasses, takes his keys and runs inside.
Suddenly alarms start going off and she runs back to his car carrying a bag with a couple puppies. Turns out they were going to be used for experimentation and she rescued them. Nelson drives Sara home and she tells him that if he comes up for some cocoa, she will call it even.
He says no, so she tells him to meet her tomorrow at 8:00. He goes upstairs and she tells him of her plan for him. She explains that he is living in a dark box. She wants him to spend the entire month of November with her so she can open the box and let some light into his life. He decides she’s nuts and leaves.
The next day Nelson presents his "hot dog" sales pitch, which ends with a couple almost pornographic images of girls and big hot dogs. The Hot Dog executives aren’t at all happy and decide to take their business elsewhere.
Nelson is fired and when he gets home, discovers that his girlfriend is leaving him. Later, his bellman rings and tells him he has a package for him from "that crazy girl." He opens the box and finds one of the puppies that she earlier rescued. He races to her apartment and has it out with her once and for all. One thing leads to another and they end up making out on the couch. They get into another argument and he begins to leave when she finally convinces him to spend the night.
The next morning Nelson meets Sara downstairs neighbor Chaz . In fact, she has thrown out Nelson’s clothes and replaced them with some of Chaz’s jeans and sweatshirt. Nelson leaves again and when he gets outside finds a weird young kid named Abner (Liam Aiken), a strange neighborhood and realizes he is in a real predicament. He finally concedes to stay for one day.
Nelson and Sara spend the day roaming the beach, walking dogs, eating ice cream and just having a great time. He is starting to fall in love with her.
They are invited to dinner and dancing at Chaz’s house. Nelson is shocked when he discovers that Chaz is a transvestite and he and his "girlfriend" , another transvestite have a wonderful dinner prepared for he and Sara, who isn’t feeling very well and they skip the dancing and leave early. The reason for this is that Sara is always having headaches and is over-medicating herself behind Nelson’s back. Nelson confronts her he discovers all the medicine and demands to know what is going on. She starts vomiting and is rushed to the hospital. Chaz tells him that she was diagnosed with cancer a year ago and refuses any treatment. She wants to live each day to its fullness. She has Nelson take her from the hospital and he carries her home. She tells him to leave because she doesn’t want him to see her like this... it’s over between them.
At a thanksgiving dinner with Chaz and some of her neighbors, Nelson appears at the window wearing a santa outfit and carrying a big bag of presents. Everyone leaves while Nelson gives her presents, one at a time. Nelson and Sara spend the night together again but in the morning, she is packing. She tells him that her condition is getting worse and she wants all his memories of her to be happy ones. She is going to leave and be with her family. She runs out the door and he chases after her. They get outside and have another little talk. She blindfolds him and he starts walking toward her. He stops, takes the blindfold off and she’s gone.
Its a wonderful movie which aspires you to live your life to its fullest and teaches you every way possible to enjoy the gift of life. This movie made me laugh, smile and cry, so I thought you did like to know about it.....