Alice is the air-headed wife of a very successful executive. She has back pain and goes to a mysterious doctor in Chinatown Dr. Yang who treats her with opium and magic herbs that give her the power to see ghosts or become invisible or change her personality. She gets a magical means to examine her life, the lives of her friends, and her relationship with her family. She discovers that she does...

Alice is the air-headed wife of a very successful executive. She has back pain and goes to a mysterious doctor in Chinatown Dr. Yang who treats her with opium and magic herbs that give her the power to see ghosts or become invisible or change her personality. She gets a magical means to examine her life, the lives of her friends, and her relationship with her family. She discovers that she does not like her husband. She likes her sister, with whom she has had a difficult relationship. She likes a man to whom she has been attracted (played by Joe Mantegna). Eventually her life comes together in a hokey and stereotyped way.