《来不及爱你》讲述了一位患了癌症的父亲与女儿之间朴素而又真挚的情感。父亲黄春生，一位40多岁的普通市民，为人忠厚淳朴，待人谦和礼让，内心深处虽充满了成为英雄的渴望，却从来不曾有过什么壮举。他17年前丧偶，独自一人拉扯着女儿黄心仪过活。
Based on the novel by L. P. Hartley, The Hireling is a dissection of antiquated but hardly dormant British class distinctions. Chauffeur Robert Shaw is in the employ of aristocratic widow Sarah Miles. When she suffers a nervous breakdown, Shaw helps her through her recovery. They grow to love each other during the convalescence; but when she is cured, Ms. Miles refuses to regard Shaw as an equal, and the original status quo is reinstated. The Hireling provides an interesting contrast to the similarly structured American film of 1991, Driving Miss Daisy.
