Marty Becker, an overweight medical student from Louisville, Kentucky, travels to San Francisco to research hospitals to intern after medical school. While there, he meets another medical student from Louisville, Emily, in a twist of fate. Thinking the confrontation was "meant to be", Marty is heartbroken because of, he thinks, his appearance. Three years later and morphed into a different person, Marty runs into Emily again. In this intriguing, sweet story and super fun film, the director plays the male lead, and for that part he gained and lost 80 pounds in six months.