Ryan Reynolds, Sandra Bullock
To me honestly – one of the better rom-comedies… Reynolds moderately sarcastic, Sandra Bullock standard genius… In tandem they are briliant.
In the first 10 minutes we have a lot to reveal…
- Andrew (R.Reynolds) is secretary/assistant/errand boy
- Margaret (S.Bullock) is his arrogant boss
- Andrew can’t stand Margaret
- Margaret can’t stand any of the employees (not even Andrew)
- Margaret suddenly loses her residence permit
That few facts are enough for us to be the foundation for a very entertaining development. Namely, the immigration problem the boss decided to solve with a radical idea – by married to her submissive assistant.
In doing so, she will retain a leadership position at the publishing house, and he will keep his job in the big city, eventually advance his career, and avoid a return to Alaska… So the deal is on !
To make the whole picture look as convincing as possible, they travel to a small town called Sitka (in Alaska) to celebrate grandma’s birthday with his family.
What the boss found there, she didn’t expected at all. Andrew’s actually very aiging. Half the city is owned by his family, who immediately accepted her as their own.
In this situation we’ll find the film’s most fun moments, bearing in mind that Margaret is deprived of a sense of insequest, community and family surroundings. Trying to fit in and get used to such a welcome, their relationship gradually changes (for better of course).
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