Good film for a first date

Rating: 6/10 (23 July 2009)

Margaret Tate (Bullock) is a fierce, editor-in-chief of a publishing company, who all the office staff are scared of. Her assistant Andrew Paxton (Reynolds), who has taken a lot of crap off Tate for years and now hate her so, also he can live his dream of becoming an editor.
After Tate is told her visa has run out so will be deported back to Canada, Tate blackmails Paxton to marry her. When government investigator finds out they haven told Paxtons family, they tell him they were leaving it for a big occasion that's coming up this weekend (his Grandma 90th birthday), so they end up going to meet his family in Alaska.
Normally with rom coms you know exactly how its going to end , 5 minutes into the film, and this rom com is no exception. How ever for a chick flick, there were a lot of laugh out loud movements, which you don't normally find and no "oh the stuck up bitch fell over" gags which is always a good thing.
The supporting cast had its moments, Betty White as the Grandma was the best family member, this was because you believed that she was a fun loving granny that was a little outrageous , example of this was giving the happy couple a blanket which she calls the baby maker.
The character that stole the show was Ramone. I think was because he was the comic re-leaf and popped up, every time the film was slowing slightly. The best part was him as the towns stripper and making Tate spank his arse.
As of the leads, i was a little disappointed, Reynolds just seemed to be going through the motions, as a the used assistant, and i never believed Bullock was a bitch of a boss.
Overall this film was enjoyable film that i would recommend to anybody on a date, were you are trying to impress by choosing an appropriate film that she would like without getting total bored yourself. 6/10
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