Romantic comedy starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds. Uptight Manhattan book editor Margaret Tate treats her assistant Andrew like dirt. So when she's threatened with deportation to her native Canada because of an expired visa, she pressurises him into marrying her. But just as the authorities question the validity of their relationship, Margaret is invited to spend a weekend with Andrew's family.
Sandra Bullock is a big-shot editor at a New York publishing house who pressures her assistant (Ryan Reynolds) into marrying her to avoid deportation back to Canada. The hitch comes when officials begin to nose around, forcing the pair to cement the lie by spending the weekend in Alaska with Reynolds's family. A gentle, predictable plot is fleshed out with strong comic turns from the two leads, who enjoy the snappy dialogue and share real chemistry. Betty White (TV's Golden Girls) also shines as the matriarch who thinks marriage is just peachy. Nicely directed by Anne Fletcher (27 Dresses), the movie sometimes comes close to the screwball romantic comedies of old.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Margaret Tate | Sandra Bullock |
| Andrew Paxton | Ryan Reynolds |
| Grace Paxton | Mary Steenburgen |
| Joe Paxton | Craig T Nelson |
| Grandma Annie | Betty White |
| Mr Gilbertson | Denis O'Hare |
| Gertrude | Malin Akerman |
| Chairman Bergen | Michael Nouri |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Anne Fletcher |
