Seems like Sandra is trying to play a younger character

Rating: 8/10 (28 July 2009)

I thought this was an enjoyable romantic comedy. It did what many movies don't do, which is to allow you to empathize with all the characters and actually care about them. One thing I noticed is that the ages of the characters was a little hazy. Ryan Renolds is 33 and seemed to be playing Andrew at about that age, maybe a little younger. That would make Mary Steenburgen believable as his mother at 56 and Craig T. Nelson as his father at 65. That would also make Betty White (87) believable as Nelson's mother who is supposed to be 90. But how old is Sandra Bullock's Margaret supposed to be? She is 45 in real life, only 11 years younger than Steenburgen. But did she see her first concert at age 24 when Rob Base released "It takes two" in 1988? Seems like she is trying to play 5 to 10 years younger than her actual age. I guess she can pull it off OK. The other thing that jumped out at me is that when they announced their engagement, nobody asked to see the ring, and nobody noticed she had no ring. Also, they made it seem like Toronto is this far away foreign land. It would have been much easier for her to return to Toronto, and then for him to drive 10 hours up to marry her there and get the papers for her to return at the U.S. consulate. But I guess you can't overthink these things.