Isabel (Roberts) is the photographer live-in girlfriend of Luke (Harris). Luke is divorced from Jackie (Sarandon). Jackie and Luke's two children, moody preteen Anna (Malone) and wanna-be magician Ben (Aiken) are rotten to  Isabel because that is how her mother feels. When Jackie becomes terminally  ill, however, she decides that the relationship between Isabel and the  children must improve so that they will still have a mother figure.  Touching well acted movie.