A Canadian's work visa has expired and she needs to find a way to stay in the USA.

Rating: 4/10 (20 November 2009)

I wish that I could say, Welcome Back Sandra Bullock, but that's not going to happen. I think the major issue with this movie is the genre it got stuck with. This was not a romantic comedy, but more of a movie about one's relationship(s) with others; specifically one's parents. So this movie was more of a Ryan Reynolds' vehicle than anything else. And if we stay with that premise, then I would have liked to see a lot more back story of why and how the father and son were so at odds with one another and some resolution, or at least know why the dad changed his mind (other than his own wife telling him to get his ^%$# together or the grandmother having to fake a medical emergency to get them to get along). That was much more interesting than the stale premise of a guy who deep down really loves the harpie he works for, or any of the (physical) comedy antics (which were not funny at all) Bullock tried to pull off. So much of this movie just was not plausible (the IM-ing at work and that she would never know about it comes to mind). But what really made me roll my eyes was the scene where Bullock is naked (you can so tell there was some body stocking, or something, going on there and that she was not naked) and she's covering herself up in front of a little dog. Please. We could have done without that totally, and just have her dash out to get a towel and run into Ryan. SB needs to move on, like some many other actresses her age, to roles that fit her maturity. Maybe that will happen with The Blind Side. Keeping these fingers crossed.