乔（汤姆•汉克斯 Tom Hanks 饰）和凯瑟琳（梅格•瑞安 Meg Ryan 饰）是生意上的竞争对手。凯瑟琳经营着母亲留下来的小书店，那里温馨宜人，已有40年历史，为街坊所熟知。乔却是同街一间大书店的老板，凭着自身优势，一开业就搞低折扣、服务佳的策略。凯瑟琳十分排斥他的入侵，白天二人展开斗法。不料晚上却在互联网的虚拟时间中结为挚友，不知道彼此身份的夜谈，让他们感情迅速升温。 
　　虽然他们都有自己的情侣，但网络中倾心的交往令他们决定要出来见见面。然而就在此时，乔却意外知道了这个网上知己的真实身份，从此对凯瑟琳有了全新的认识，暗暗忖度该如何接近佳人……

Joe: Kathleen Kelly, hello, This is a coincidenceWould you mind if I sat down ?
Kathleen: Yes, yes, I would. ActuaIIy l'm expecting someone. Thanks.
Joe: Pride and Prejudice,
Kathleen: Do you mind ?
Joe: I bet you read that book every year. I bet you just love that Mr.Darcy and your sentimentaf heart just beats wildly at the thought that he ancf, well, you know whatever her name is, are truly honestly going to end up together.
Waiter: Can I get you something ?
Kathleen: No, no, he's not staying.
Joe: Mochachino, decaf, non-fat.
Kathleen: No, you are not staying.
Joe: I'II iust stay here until your friend gets here. Gee, is he late?
Kathleen: The heroine of Pride and Prejudice is Elizabeth Bennet.
She is one of the greatest and most complex characters ever written, not that you would know.
Joe: As a matter of fact, l've read it,
Kathleen: Oh, well, good for you,
Joe : I think you 'll discover a lot of things if you ready knew me.
KathIBen: lf I really knew you, I know that I would find instead of a brain, a cash register, instead of a heart, a bottomfine.
Joe: What?
Kathleen: I just had a breakthrough.
Joe: What is it ?
Kathleen: I have you to thank for it, for the first time in my life. when confronted with a horrible, insensitive person I knew exactiy what I wanted to say and I said it.
Joe: Well, ( think You have a gift for it. It was a perfect blend of poetry anci meanness.
Kathleen: Meanness let me tell you something about
meanness...
Joe: Don't misunderstand me. l'm just trying to pay you a compliment.
Kathleen: Oh, c)h, why are you touching that ? \Nhat are you doing ?
Joe: Is this a red rose ? No, You know it's a crimson rose. Something you read about in a book, no doubt.
Kathleen: lt's funny to you, isn't it ? Everything is a joke to you.
Please ieave. Please, please leave, I bee you. Thank you.
Joe: You know what that hankY 'reminds me of ?
Kathlaen: Hmm...
Joe: The first day I met you.
Kathleen: The first day you lied to me.
Joe: I didn't lie to you.
Kathteen: You did too.
Joe: No, ldidn't.
Kathleen: Yes, you did.
Joe: I did not.
Kathleen: You did too.
Joe: I did not,
Kathleen: You did too.
Joe: I did not.
Kathleen: You did too. I thought all that Fox stuff was so charming.
F-O-X.
Joe: Well, I didn 't lie about it.
Kathleen: Joe, just call me Joe.
Joe: Sure.
Kathleen: As if you were one of those stupid 22-year old girls with no last name. Hi, l'm Kimberly, hi, l'm Janice. Don't they know you're supposed to have a last name ? lt's like they're an entire generation of cocktail waitresses.
Joe: Look, I am not a 22-year old cocktail waitress
Kathleen : That is not what I meant.
Joe: And when I said the thing about the Price Club and the cans of olive oil, that's not what I meant.
Kathleen: Oh, you poor sad rnutti-millionaire. I feel so sorrY for you.
( Someone comes into, Kathleen raises her head and looks forward. )
Joe: Take a wild guess that's not him either. So who is he, I wonder ? Certainly not l, gather the world's greatest living expert on Julius and Ethel Rosenberg but somebody else entirely different. And will you be mean to him too ?
KathIeen: No, I will not. Because the man who is coming here tonight is completely unlike you. The man who js coming here tonight is kind and funny and he's got the most wonderful sense of humor.
Joe : But, he's not here.
Kathleen: Well, if he's not here he has a reason because there's not a CrUeI or caraless bone in his body. But I wouldn 't expect you to understand anybody like that. You with your theme pafk multi-level homogenize the world mochachino land. You 've deluded yourself into thinking that you're some sort of benafactor bringing books to the masses. But no one will ever remember you Joe Fox and maybe no one will remember me either, but plenty of people remember my mother and they think she was fine and they think her store was something special, You are nothing but a suit.
Joe: That's my cue, Have a good night

乔：凯瑟琳·凯丽，你好，真是太巧了，我坐一下可以吗
凯瑟琳：不可以，真的不可以，其实我在等人，谢谢。
乔：<傲慢与偏见>。
凯瑟琳：不可以吗？
乔：我敢说这本书你每年都要读，我敢说你一定爱上了那位达西先生，你善感的心灵一想起他就狂跳不已，还有，那个你知道叫什么名字的她，最终和他真诚地走到了一起。
侍者：你要点什么吗t?
凯瑟琳：不，不，他马上走。
乔：摩卡咖啡，无咖啡因，脱脂。
凯瑟琳：不，你不能呆在这儿。
乔：你朋友来了我就走。哦，天哪，他迟到了。
凯瑟琳：<傲慢与偏见>的女主人翁是伊丽莎白·贝纳特，她是小说作品中最伟大、最复杂的角色之一，你不会知道的。
乔：事实上我已经拜读过了。
凯瑟琳：噢，是吗，那恭喜了。
乔：我想如果你真的了解我，你会发现很多很多东西。
凯瑟琳：如果我真的了解你，我知道我会发现你不是一个有头脑的人，而是一台收银机，毫无爱心，残酷无情。
乔：什么？
凯瑟琳：我刚刚有了一点长进。
乔：什么长-?
凯瑟琳：这要感谢你，在我人生中第一次当面面对一个恐怖、冷漠的家伙时，我确切知道自己想说什么，并且说了出来。
乔：噢，我认为你有这方面的天赋。刚才真是诗意加刻薄啊。
凯瑟琳：刻薄，我来告诉你什么叫刻薄……
乔：别误会我的意思，我只是想夸夸你。
凯瑟琳：噢，哦，你动它干嘛？你想干什么'
乔：这是一朵红色的玫瑰吗？不，你知道这是一朵深红色的玫瑰。一定是哪本书里读到的东西。
凯瑟琳：你觉得可笑是吗？对于你一切都是开玩笑。你走吧，走吧，真的。我求求你了……谢谢。
乔：你知道那块手帕让我想到了什么吗？
凯瑟琳：哦…-．
乔：第一天我见到你。
凯瑟琳：第一天你对我撒谎。
乔：我没撒谎。
凯瑟琳：你撒谎。
乔：我没有。
凯瑟琳：你就是撒谎了。
乔：我没有撒谎。
凯瑟琳：你就是撒谎了。
乔：我没有。
凯瑟琳：你就是撒谎了。
乔：我没有。
凯瑟琳：你也撒谎了。我以为福克斯家族的东西很可爱呢，狐狸。
乔：噢，可我并没骗你。
凯瑟琳：乔，叫我乔吧。
乔：当然。
凯瑟琳：你搞得好像那些不知道姓什么的22岁的笨女孩一样。嘿，我是金伯丽。嗨，我是杰妮丝D他们知不知道你应该有姓？整个一代人要像是鸡尾酒女招待。
乔：喂，我可不是22岁的鸡尾酒女招待。
凯瑟琳：我不是这个意思。
乔：我当时谈到的价值俱乐部和橄榄油罐，也不是那个意思。
凯瑟琳：噢，可怜的百万富翁，我为你难过。
（有人进门，凯瑟琳看了过去。）
乔：猜猜一定也不是他，我在想他是谁？当然不会是我，也不是至今仍在世上研究裘里斯和伊塞尔·罗森伯格案件的专家，一定是个完全不同的人。你对他也会这样刻薄吗t
凯瑟琳：不，我才不会这样对他呢。因为今晚要来这里的人和你完全不一样。今晚要来这里的人很善良、风趣，而且很有幽默感。
乔：可他不在。
凯瑟琳：噢，如果他没来，一定是有原因，因为他的身体里没有冷酷漠然这根骨头。但我不期望你能理解那样的人。你和你那把世界变得如此单调的主题公园、高层莫卡奇诺乐园。你以为自己是什么恩人，给大众带来书籍。但没人会记住你乔·弗克斯，也许也不会有人记住我。但很多人肯定会记得我母亲，他们认为她是个好人，他们认为她的书店很特别。而你只是件外套而已。
乔：我现在知道你对我的看法了。玩得开心。