My apologies to Di and Do for jumping the gun and seeing this T-flick before we all had the chance to get together!!!! However, this movie choice was not up to me, since I was with my bfff Serena and her comrades in arms at the time. No matter, this piece of twin cinema still deserves a blog review. It stars Hollywood Hunk (and hubby to Scarlett Johansson) Ryan Reynolds as the ever-present and totally over-worked assistant to Sandra Bullock's pushy and headstrong editor-in chief Margret. When Margret faces deportation back to Toronto, she bribes Reynold's character Andrew to marry her just until her Visa is cleared. However, in order to get the Immigration Office investigator off their backs, Andrew and Margret fly up to Alaska, where they announce their engagement to his loving (if erratic) family and attempt to learn more about each other to pass a government test of authenticity (a sub-plot, something not important in the story). This film is just like all others of its kind- the plot is predictable, not all the jokes are laughable, and it touches that warm place in your heart in the same way as a cute kitten or a thoughtful card. But Sandra Bullock has been a twin favorite since Miss Congeniality and Ryan Reynolds is definitely to be considered a new twin favorite (especially after a very comical and extremely attractive shower mix-up scene). It is worth a run to Di's beloved Blockbuster for a twin-night-in, but is it worth $13.50 at a local theater? Not really
Just saw this on flight home from Cleveland. It was somewhat watchable, in spite of my lack of sleep and post springsteen delirium. I give it a rating of T-minus. Full agreement with little D, the shower scene is what gave it a boost in ratings. Ryan's hot -- a file has been open on him!
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