An idealistic young politician juggles familial issues and a challenging work life while preparing to take over the job of her mentor, the state’s longtime incumbent governor.

Well-intentioned but woefully undisciplined, James L. Brooks' comedy about a woman trying to have it all is so tonally misjudged that it winds up with not much of anything to recommend.

It’s hard to stay disenchanted with Ella McCay, the woman, but as a film, it’s earnest and dated approach sabotages the seed of true rebellion it plants, which never fully blooms.