The three play energetically off of each other as suburban moms who are all
at the end of their respective ropes: Beth (Hendricks) has an adulterous
husband (Matthew Lillard) who lost all their money; Annie (Whitman) is a grocery store
clerk who's about to lose custody of her son; and Ruby (Retta) has a sick child that needs an expensive medication.
While getting her nails done, Sylvia Fowler (Annette Bening), a high - powered magazine editor, unwittingly discovers her best friend's
husband is fooling around with a sales
clerk (Eva Mendes)
at the perfume desk.