Green Card meets Devil Wears Prada

Rating: 8/10 (20 January 2019)

21 June 2009. This fusion of Green Card (1990) meets The Devil Wears Prada (2006) is one of the most intelligent funniest movies of the year generating some real genuine laughs from the heart while also incorporating decent balance of family drama at the same time. Betty White offers up some great comedic scenes though also some of the more bizarre scenes that don't quite completely work. There is some great acting sensitivity by Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds as director Anne Fletcher captures longer comedic touches that allow the humor to really take hold in a number of scenes. Craig T. Nelson and Ryan Reynold's characters don't quite get to fully develop their cycle of relations on screen while the post-climatic ending is a bit forced and manipulative and not quite a strong as say The Devil Wears Prada. It's somewhat debatable whether or not Sandra Bullock's character could have moved further towards Meryl Streep's character in The Devil Wears Prada to have been more effective as Sandra's character had to reach further through more emotional and extended plot scenarios than Meryl. However, this is one of the better comedies of the year that allows for more exposure of creative humor.