Lanie Kerrigan (Angelina Jolie), a feature reporter at a Seattle television station, leads the ultimate superficial life, even though thinks she has it all – including a baseball superstar boyfriend, (Christian Kane), a gorgeous apartment, and a shot at a big network assignment.

But her "perfect" world starts unravelling after a homeless street seer (Tony Shalhoub) tells Lanie that she leads a meaningless existence, and will die the following week.

When the savant’s other predictions come true, Lanie begins to re-examine her life and priorities, all in a whirlwind one-week period. As if things weren’t crazy enough for Lanie, romantic sparks fly as she reluctantly teams with a cameraman (Edward Burns) with whom she has long been at odds