The movie opens with Dr. Abby Barnes (Janeane Garofalo) answering listeners' questions about their pets on her radio show, "The Truth About Cats and Dogs." One caller, Brian (Ben Chaplin) calls about getting the roller skates off his dog, Hank (played by Himself). Brian is intrigued by Abby's voice, her intelligence, and her manner of talking, and calls her, asking for a date.

Abby is a bit nervous about meeting a stranger, and talks neighbor Noelle (Uma Thurman) - a model with a sleazy loser boyfriend-agent (James McCaffrey) - to accompany her to the meeting and to pretend to be her. (She has already described Noelle when Brian asked how he'd recognize her.)

The plot becomes pretty predictable at this point. Noelle and Brian hit it off (although Noelle seems scared to death of all animals). Abby begins to regret her deceit, especially after a pretty graphic phone-sex scene with Brian. She's still not so sure that Brian loves "her" for herself, or for Noelle's beauty. (Personally, I think Garofalo is way more attractive than Thurman). The two women try to work out a way to tell Brian the truth, but as things usually happen, the longer they wait, the harder it is, until Noelle falls for Brian, herself.

I wouldn't recommend this for younger teens, but for adults, it's an enjoyable interlude for a rainy day, or an evening by the fire.