Plot: Mel is a musician in Manhattan, with plenty of one-night stands but no steady companion, except for his goldfish. He decides to move in with his current girlfriend, so he sublets his flat to Ginger, an English biologist new in town. The day he moves out, he flips for the bride at a wedding where he's playing, breaks up with his girlfriend, and moves back into his flat, negotiating with Ginger to her temporary flatmate. Meanwhile, he pursues Diana, the bride, working as the elevator operator in her building while he and Ginger develop a friendship as she does research on his fish. One of her lab frogs and his fish develop an attraction: is this a harbinger of opposites attracting?
Alternative Plot: New York City musician Mel (Matthew Modine) is a womanizer with serious commitment issues. Nonetheless, he tries for some intimacy by moving in with his girlfriend and subletting his apartment to an attractive biologist named Ginger (Gina Gershon). But, after living with his girlfriend goes awry, Mel negotiates to come back and live with Ginger. Although they argue at first, they eventually become close friends. These new circumstances puts Mel's Casanova ethos to the test.
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