贝尔在片中将饰演Sammy Joyce，一位不善于社交的小城镇酒店接待员。Sammy的运气很差，一位粗心的工人把一根钉子射进了她的脑子，压迫了她的神经，让她一直感受到强烈的性欲。没有社保的Sammy来到华盛顿治疗她的怪病。她遇见了放荡的国会议员（吉伦哈尔），把她的性欲当成是一种资本从而获得某些政治利益，也让Sammy开始了自己的政治生涯。An original political satire about a naive small town waitress who accidentally gets a nail buried in her head, causing erratic and outrageous behavior that leads her to Washington DC. There she falls for a dashing, but clueless, Congressman who searches for the courage to save her.