In a 1966 New Jersey high school, Jill and new student Sheik from the other side of the tracks make their way in a first love romance.

A liberal activist lawyer alienated his daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many affairs. Now a conservative corporate lawyer, Maggie agrees to go up against her father in court. To gain promotion, she must defend an auto manufacturer against charges that their explosion-prone station wagons are unsafe. As her mother begs for peace, Maggie takes on her dad in a trial that turns increasingly personal and nasty.

A photographer struggles to make enough money to marry his fiancee, who is starting to believe he's delaying their marriage deliberately.