Super-successful divorce attorney Miles Massey (George Clooney) meets his intellectual and romantic match in Marilyn Rexroth (Catherine Zeta-Jones), a woman who marries rich men and takes them to the cleaners in divorce. Massey, the creator of a bulletproof pre-nup, manages to defeat Marilyn in a court case. The obvious sparks between the two ignite, and Miles marries Marilyn. He decides to leave his shark-like ways behind for a more fulfilling law practice. But unbeknownst to him, Marilyn has another agenda. And once he finds out what Marilyn's up to, Miles begins a secret plot of his own against Marilyn. Who will win out? Miles? Marilyn? Or true love?