She's cool. A restaurant critic who nibbles at life as if it were a dubious meal, Julianne Potter (Julia Roberts) has, shall we say, neglected her emotional growth.
He's dim. A good-natured sportswriter who actually likes the bad pay and long road trips, Michael O'Neal (Dermot Mulroney) is one of those guys who believe the unexamined life is the only one worth living.
Sometime lovers who have decided to be best friends instead, they once made one of those silly promises no one expects to be held to: to marry if nothing better turns up before they reach the age of...