The film tells the story of Walter Goodfeller (Rowan Atkinson), a small town pastor, who is a faithful servant of God. He is busy with parish affairs all day long and has to prepare a speech for the upcoming pastor's conference. However, he ignores the feelings of his family and his wife Gloria Goodfeller (Kristin Scott Thomas). The wife does not get the love of her husband and is entangled in family trivialities. She is also worried that her adolescent daughter has a promiscuous boyfriend, and her cowardly son is often bullied by classmates at school. She is also disturbed by the barking of the neighbor's dog every night. At this time, the housekeeper Grace Hawkins (Maggie Smith) came to their home. This kind old man came to their home. After the housekeeper arrived, she took care of the whole family like a family member. Everything changed quietly. The neighbor's dog that barked every night suddenly disappeared, and Gloria Goodfellow's lover disappeared. All the things that were originally bad for their family were developing in a good direction. Everything seemed to be related to the housekeeper. However, what they didn't expect was that this mysterious housekeeper had a huge secret that could not be told...