aaa GeorgeTracyandCharlieSorel,boththirty-sixyearsofage,arewriters-aParisnovelistandHollywoodscreenwriter,respectively-bestfriends,andpartnersincrimeinskirtchasing.CharlieisshotdeadaboardayachtduringapartybyfilmmakerSirLeopoldSartoriafterhecatchesCharliefoolingaroundwithhiswife,Rusty,Charlie'sbodywhichfallsoverboardandwhichisnotfound.Sartori'sactisdespitehebeinganotoriouswomanizerhimself.Charlie'ssparselyattendedfuneralservice,atwhichGeorgeprovidestheeulogy,demonstrateshowCharlie'swomanizingwaysnegativelyaffectedhissocalledfriendships.StayingatCharlie'sMalibubeachhouse,Georgemeetsabeautifulyoungwomanwhoseemstobesufferingfromamnesia,butisdrawntoCharlie'shouse.GeorgeinitiallybelievessheisoneofCharlie'sconquests,butsheeventuallycomestotherealizationandisabletoconvinceGeorgethatsheisCharliereincarnated.GeorgeultimatelybelievesitisGod'sdivineretributionforCharlietocomebackasanobjectofhisownderision.Buttogetherandindividually,GeorgeandCharliehavetodeviseawayforCharlietoliveinthisnewfemalebody,GeorgewhohasnomoneytosupportCharlie,andCharlie'sestatewhichisbankrupt.Inaddition,Charlie,whohasalwaysbeenaplayer,figuresthatsheshouldbeabletocapitalizeonhernewwomanhood,whichincludesusingknowledgeofherformerindiscretionsasaman,andgettingbackatSirLeo.Butshemayalsobeabletoekeoutalucrativelifeasshebecomestheobjectofaffectionofwealthymomma'sboy,BruceMintonIII.
