Pete turns to his friend Dan to put him up for a while as he attempts to finish a novel and get back on his feet financially. In the meantime, he must suffer through a pointless job in a giant corporation where he witnesses the hilarious twisted viewpoint of corporate America. Struggling through the sudden changes in his life, he continues to have happy dreams of Jennifer, whom he is sure is a real person -- his dream girl.

To everyone’s surprise, Pete finally does meet the real Jennifer, only to find that she is engaged to be married to the successful financial analyst Wade. She hasn’t the slightest interest in Pete.

Meanwhile, Pete must help his new roommate Dan with his own problems. Through an innocent mistake, Dan has become the target of a pair of mob hit men. Jennifer goes on with her own life, striving to make her mark as a painter, a vocation for which her fiancée has little respect. When Pete learns that Wade is cheating on Jennifer, he must find a way to make her see for herself that she belongs with him and not Wade. She is unconvinced -- until she starts having some dreams of her own.