Tess Carlisle (Shirley MacClaine) is a cantankerous, much loved ex-First Lady whose husband died in office nearly a decade ago. Now far removed from Washington, she directs her extraordinary intelligence to a battle of wills with Doug Chesnic (Nicolas Cage), a Secret Service agent with a strong code of honor whose sights are set higher than guarding a difficult woman in a sleepy outpost. The result is a funny and moving story of an unlikely friendship put to the ultimate test.