A lonely Bob Rueland is embraced by Grace Briggs, who is surrounded by a coterie of substitute mothers including her Irish grandfather, who with his Italian brother-in-law run a Chicago restaurant. Although Bob and Grace are strangers at the start of the story, their lives are forever intertwined by fate.
- William Bronder
- James Belushi
- Minnie Driver
- David Duchovny
- David Alan Grier
- Bonnie Hunt
- Eddie Jones
- Marianne Muellerleile
- Robert Loggia
- Joely Richardson
- Carroll O'Connor
- Costume Designer: Lis Bothwell
- Executive Producer: C.O. Erickson
- Set Decorator : Dan Clancy
- Story by: Samantha Goodman
- Editor: Garth Craven
- Casting Director: Mali Finn
- Story by: Bonnie Hunt
- Executive Producer: Melanie Greene
- Director: Bonnie Hunt
- Screenplay: Bonnie Hunt
- Screenplay: Don Lake
- Story by: Don Lake
- Cinematographer: Laszlo Kovacs
- Art Director: David W. Krummel
- Composer: Nicholas Pike
- Producer: Jennie Lew Tugend
- Music Supervisor: Joel Sill
- Production Designer: Brent Thomas
- Story by: Andrew Stern
