| Director | Pat O'Connor |
|---|---|
| Genre | comedy film, drama film, romance film |
| Runtime | 93 min |
| Country | United States |
| Budget | $40 million |
| Box office | $65.8 million |
Nelson Moss is a workaholic advertising executive who meets Sara Deever, a woman very different from anyone he has met before, at the DMV. His attempt to get an answer from her on his driving test leads to her failing, as the instructor sees their interaction and believes it is she who is cheating.
Sara beguiles Nelson and continually asks him to spend a month with her on the promise that she will change his life for the better. On the first night of November, after he is fired and dumped on the same day, she sleeps with him, and the next day Chaz, a close friend and neighbor of Sara's, arrives and refers to Nelson as Sara's "November".
Throughout November, the two experience happy times together and fall in love. Nelson examines his life and past, and befriends a 10-year-old fatherless child named Abner. When he realizes he is in love with Sara, he asks her to marry him. It is revealed that Sara has terminal cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Because she cannot bear to have Nelson experience her death, Sara asks him to leave. When she tells Chaz that Nelson proposed, he points out that it is not the first time, implying she has had numerous "months" before. Sara confirms this but claims it was the first time she had wanted to say yes.
Sara decides she will not continue the relationship, to protect Nelson from being hurt. He complies, but then stages a surprise return during the Thanksgiving holiday, giving her gifts to remind her of their happy times.
They stay together for one more day; Nelson hangs November calendars all over her apartment walls, saying it can always be November for them. They make love, but the next morning, he finds Sara is dressed. She asks him to leave, and he sees she has taken down the calendars.
Sara runs out of her apartment with Nelson chasing her through the streets, until finally she stops along a foot bridge to the park entrance. There, she asks him to let her go so that he will always have happy memories of her, and explains that this is how she needs to be remembered. Sara will return home to her family (whom she had been avoiding) to face her last days.
Sara then blindfolds Nelson, leads him into the park, and gives him one final kiss. He takes off the blindfold and sees that he is alone in the spot where they went on one of their first dates. Nelson's eyes fill with tears.