This story based on the best selling novel by Terry McMillan follows the lives of four African-American women Savannah Jackson(Whitney Houston), Bernadine Harris(Angela Bassett), Gloria Matthews(Loretta Devine), Robin Stokes(Lela Rochon) as they try to deal with their very lives. Friendship becomes the strongest bond between these women as men, careers, and families take them in different directions. Often light-hearted this movie speaks about some of the problems and struggles the modern women face in today's world.