Sometimes in life, there comes a time when a man begins to think about her life, about the meaning of his existence. Often such thoughts lead to a spiritual crisis and the realization that all the creepy tired. Comes the frustration of life, Nothing pleases and it seems that everything is best left behind. Exactly the kind of crisis the hero of the film \"Irrational Man\" — a philosophy professor Abe Lucas. He was tired, forgot why lives cannot write, is sinking deeper into the depths of the mind and a lot of drinking.
For the summer to teach in small sent Abe College in Rhode Island, where it becomes a good friend in the face of student Jill, and also begins a romantic relationship with a colleague at work, teacher Rita Richards. The clouds parted and Abe again began to enjoy life again felt happy. However, accidentally podslushannyj the conversation in the restaurant makes Abe in irrational man whose best intentions very much violate the law.