Both men need money. Murray must close his money-losing New York bookstore, and his employee, Fioravante, will thus be out of a job. As it happens, Murray’s dermatologist, Dr. Parker, played by sexy-looking Sharon Stone, is horny. She lets Murray know that she and her friend Selma (beautiful Sofia Vergara) would just love to have sex together with a man in a threesome. Naturally, Murray figures out a way to find the third party.

It takes a bit of convincing—but not too much—and Fioravante agrees. The gambit turns into a lucrative set-up, with Murray taking his pimp cut.

The plot thickens when Fioravante connects with a pious Jewish widow, Avigal (Vanessa Paradis), who has six children. She is seeking to have sex again. There’s no intercourse, just delicate, sensual massaging. Depicting a situation like that is somewhat daring, given the perils of political incorrectness. But, apart from the growing bond between Fioravante and Avigal, it is also the occasion to set up amusing scenes with the children of the African-American woman with whom Murray is living and the widow’s kids.

There’s more. Liev Schreiber plays Dovi, a Jewish security patrolman keeping an eye on doings in Avigal’s Hasidic neighborhood. He is sweet on her and is becoming increasingly disturbed at seeing her with Fioravante, who in turn is becoming more and more attracted to Avigal. It is a case of commerce breeding love—and competition.