In the high-stakes, low-morality world of Washington D.C. politics, a brilliant but neurotic young aide finds her idealism put to the ultimate test in this sharp-witted comedy from writer David O. Russell. Sammy Joyce, a passionate health policy advisor to a charismatic but unpredictable senator, believes she can make a real difference from inside the system. Her life becomes a whirlwind of legislative strategy, romantic misadventures, and constant crisis management, all fueled by her rampant hypochondria and a tendency to imagine worst-case scenarios. As she navigates a landscape of cynical operatives, slippery lobbyists, and the mercurial demands of her boss, Sammy must decide how far she’s willing to bend her own principles to win. A hilarious and heartfelt exploration of love, ambition, and the messy reality of trying to do good, the film captures the absurd chaos of life on Capitol Hill through the eyes of a woman who feels every twist of fate in both her heart and her imagined symptoms.