Mary Horowitz (Sandra Bullock) is a crossword puzzle writer for a Sacramento, California newspaper. As brilliant as her puzzles are, her life is not—she’s socially awkward, lives with her parents, and her only friend is her hamster Carol. After a talk at a school career day where the children make fun of her obsession with words and her red patent leather go-go boots, Mary drags home to face a blind date that her parents set up with Steve Mueller (Bradley Cooper), a cameraman for a cable...