影片追求去戏剧化的艺术追求。现代技术让历史影像获得新生，全彩修复丰富视觉层次，画面技术提升观看体验。技术运用保持低调，整体色彩偏向沉静。整体处理注重思想深度。色彩管理十分审慎，声音创作追求质朴自然。Gwengrowsupwithherromanticmotherconstantlytellingherthestoryofhercourtshipandmarriagetoherfather.Nickgrowsupwithanalcoholicfatherwhocan'tholdajobandwhosefamily,asaresult,isforcedtomoveallthetime.Thetwoareshapedbythis-GwenaromanticandNickwithdrawn,unsureofhimself-astheywatchthehugelypopularsixtiessitcom,OneBigHappyFamily.Yearslater,itisthestarofthatshow,nowachildactorgonebadwithahistoryofdetoxandpeoplealwayssaying,Ithoughtshewasdead,FrancescaLanfield,whoconnectsthetwoofthem,afteryearsofnear-missesandalmostencounters.Gwenishiredtoghost-writeFrancesca'sautobiography,whileNick,becomingherlover,isthearchitectwhoistodesignabuildingonFrancesca'sproperty.WhenGwendecidestocrusadetosaveFrancesca'sbuilding,shewritesletterstothenewspaperwhichcatchesNick'sattention-andwinshisheart.