When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.
Acting
Bullock's physical comedy in the forest is *chef's kiss*.
Direction
Anne Fletcher knows her way around a dance scene, even in the woods.
Practical Effects
That eagle actually happened. No CGI bird nonsense.
Director
Anne Fletcher
Sandra Bullock
Margaret Tate
Ryan Reynolds
Andrew Paxton
Malin Åkerman
Gertrude
Craig T. Nelson
Joe Paxton
Mary Steenburgen
Grace Paxton
Betty White
Grandma Annie
Denis O'Hare
Mr. Gilbertson
Oscar Nuñez
Ramone
Aasif Mandvi
Bob Spaulding
Michael Nouri
Chairman Bergen
Gregg Edelman
Lead Counsel Malloy
Michael Mosley
Chuck
Dale Place
Jim McKittrick
Alicia Hunt
Coffee Barista
Alexis Garcia
Immigration Clerk
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds had already been friends for years; their real chemistry made the awkward fake relationship beats actually land.
This was peak 'green card marriage' romcom era—The Proposal, Green Card, even New Girl's later arcs—using immigration anxiety as meet-cute fuel without examining the actual stakes.
US
