Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds, an unassuming Canadian actor) delivers a matured performance portraying an assistant to tough as nails boss Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock), who is reviled for her uncaring attitude as a book editor. The inital 5 minutes of the movie has uncanny resemblance to Devil wears Prada movie.
She travels to Frankfurt on a book publishing matter and when she is back in NYC, her profile gets flagged by INS as her visa has expired and the sequences involving the breaking out of news that she would be deported to Toronto, Canada, and sprighty that she is, concots a scheme that she is getting engaged to Andrew who is unwittlingly dragged into the situation make for a good viewing.
The rest of the story revolves about her travelling to his parents home in Sitka, Southeast Alaska, getting to know his loving family, especially the grandma, and then she telling the truth at the altar when her conscience does not permit such a sham marriage to be undertaken for giving the right to live in US legally, and then re-uniting with Andrew in NYC
The grandma’s role was interesting and had a very close resemblance to a typical Bollywood grandma’s role we have seen so many times.The natural beauty of Sitka and its surrounding areas is well picturized. Sandra Bullock, at 45 yrs looks much younger, and Ryan (32) make for an attractive couple and hit it off in the movie
Some memorable sequences:
Bollywood inspired sequence involving his grandma faking a heart-attack so that she can get to the airport to stop Margaret from leaving town. The sequence involving the dog following her outside and an eagle picking up the small dog, and she throwing her cellphone which makes the eagle dropping it and then swooping back again to pick her cell
Margaret kneeling down to propose to Andrew, a total contrasting sequence to what one expects. Margaret showing the uncomfortable nature, when her future in-laws arrange a surprise stripper show Margaret putting dimes into a machine to connect to the internet and her surprise to find dial-up internet connection Immigration officer Q&A while the credits roll. I was laughing when I came out of the theatre, very few times that has happened before.