在《神爱傻瓜》中，中层技术支持员工克拉克·汤普森在与同事爱美莉·拉克相爱的同时，无意间成为了上帝的使者。更别提还有溜冰、火湖和即将到来的末日。

在小镇上，一个年轻人游手好闲无所事事，于是他决定去纽约碰碰运气。影片讲述了1925年发生在美国西部牛仔的故事，风格搞笑幽默。　　A young man who doesn't find a job in his small hometown, tries his luck in New York, but is overwelmed by the life of the city, so decides to try his luck somewhere else after a only a few minutes in New York. He falls off a train near a ranch, where he tries his luck as a cowbowy, being in his own way very sucessful. But he shows what he can do when the farm has to bring a 100 head of cattle to the slaughterhouses of Los Angeles to avoid going bankrupt, against the will of his neighbour who wants a better price. After a shoot-out with the neighbour's men he's the only person on a Los Angeles bound train with 1000 cows....

故事发生在90年代的纽约，结束研究生学业后，梦想成为作家的乔安娜（玛格丽特·奎利饰）被玛格丽特（西格妮·韦弗饰）雇佣为助手，后者是J·D·塞林格（J.D.Salinger）的文学经纪人，以保守和老派著称。乔安娜白天在一间豪华的木镶板办公室里工作，晚上和她信仰社 会主义的男友在布鲁克林一间破旧的公寓里过夜。她的主要工作内容是处理塞林格大量书迷的邮件。当细细阅读来自世界各地令人心碎的信件时，她不愿意用格式化和没有人情味的回复去搪塞书迷，并冲动地开始带着自己的感情回复邮件。这些邮件既幽默又感人，乔安娜在借用伟大作家的声音说话时，同时探索着属于自己的声音。