Eleanor Oliphant leads a simple life. She wears the same clothes to work every day, eats the same meal for lunch and buys the same two bottles of vodka every weekend. Nothing is missing from her life... Except, sometimes, everything. One simple act of kindness is about to shatter the walls Eleanor has built around herself. Now she must learn how to navigate the world that everyone else seems to take for granted. But surely any change is better than... fine?