 Daniel Hillard is a struggling father who loses his job in which he does "voices" for a cartoon. When he throws a surprise birthday party for his son, Chris, everything takes a turn for the worst. Daniel s wife, Miranda, has had it with Daniel and wants a divorce. When the divorce hearings arrive, Daniel is denied custody of the children, but is allowed visitations. Seeing his children once a week isn t enough, so Daniel pretends to be Mrs. Doubtfire, an old woman who is hired as the Hillard s housekeeper. Daniel s act turns out to be too good, however, and leads to disastrous consequences.