Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) is a big-shot editor at a New York publishing company who, in order to avoid deportation to her native Canada, pressures her assistant Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds) to marry her. Desperate to keep his job, Andrew grudgingly accepts. The hitch comes when the US government starts to nose around, forcing the two to cement the lie by spending the weekend in Alaska with Paxton's family. A gentle, predictable plot is fleshed out well with strong performances from Bullock and Reynolds, who share real chemistry and comic timing. And Betty White (TV's Golden Girls) shines as the matriarch who thinks marriage is just peachy. Nicely directed by Anne Fletcher (27 Dresses), with some snappy lines from scriptwriter Peter Ciarelli, the movie sometimes comes close to the screwball romantic comedies of old.

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.