The movie follows a father as he tries to break up his daughter's engagement by finding her a better mate.
Banker Gavin Corbett refuses, unlike his wife Virginia, who would just wait, to stand by as his daughter Rebecca 'Becky' announces she wants to abandon her medical studies and marry idealistic, unruly environmental activist Dennis Qualintip. Gavin hopes the answer is to match Becky with a dream prince, rising bank executive Brent Fenwick III, while everyone else warms to Dennis.—KGF Vissers