Verdict of the cinema
I watched this show at The Cathay Cinema (theatre 2) on 30th August 2009 at 3.20pm. The movie theatre's great. It has lots of leg room and the seats are very comfortable. The toilets also come with a hand dryer that allows you to watch movie trailers as you dry your hands. I have a good feeling about the place whenever I go there. J You can buy your tickets either at the ground floor, basement or on the 5th floor.
Verdict of the show
The movie was directed and produced by a woman. (Yay!) Overall, the story left me a lasting impression. It was the sort of show that I kept thinking about and reflecting upon for days after the movie ended. The show is very funny and very interesting. It has a similar story line to "The Green Card" but only better.
The main character is a slave-driver lady boss (played by Sandra Bullock) whom nobody likes in the office. Margaret is the chief editor in a publishing company and she has a 'secretary', Andrew (played by Ryan Reynolds) who is supposedly an assistant editor to her. When Margaret's visa expires, she cooks up a plan to blackmail Andrew into marrying her so that she wouldn't have to be deported back to Canada.
The plot has a lot of surprises and twists, a hook factor. At the beginning of the story, Margaret is seen as a slave driver and fearsome boss who is always throwing orders around. As the story progresses, we see a more human side of her and learn to feel sorry for her. Her parents died when she was young and she has forgotten what it was like to be around a family and be loved. So that is why she has turned into a cold person over the years.
Andrew is the good guy who has been taking all her phone calls, doing her errands and even buying coffee for her in the mornings. As Margaret follows him home to celebrate his grandmother's ninetieth birthday, we learn that he is actually a rich man's son who owns several business empires in Alaska. His father wants him to take over the family businesses but he only wants to go to New York to be a writer. As the story progresses, power is transferred to him and suddenly, he is the one who calls the shots at his boss during the weekend stay.
There'll be hilarious moments as they have to lie to his family that they are in love and want to get married. They have no choice but to share the same room and kiss passionately in front of the family. Watch for Ramon, the guy who seems to do almost everything on the island. He's a waiter, exotic dancer, shop assistant and even minister.
The story will have a nice Cinderella ending style. He does actually love her and really want to marry her. I love everything about the story and it's a really, really good show to watch. The story left me reflecting on the plot for several days.
I watched this show at The Cathay Cinema (theatre 2) on 30th August 2009 at 3.20pm. The movie theatre's great. It has lots of leg room and the seats are very comfortable. The toilets also come with a hand dryer that allows you to watch movie trailers as you dry your hands. I have a good feeling about the place whenever I go there. J You can buy your tickets either at the ground floor, basement or on the 5th floor.
Verdict of the show
The movie was directed and produced by a woman. (Yay!) Overall, the story left me a lasting impression. It was the sort of show that I kept thinking about and reflecting upon for days after the movie ended. The show is very funny and very interesting. It has a similar story line to "The Green Card" but only better.
The main character is a slave-driver lady boss (played by Sandra Bullock) whom nobody likes in the office. Margaret is the chief editor in a publishing company and she has a 'secretary', Andrew (played by Ryan Reynolds) who is supposedly an assistant editor to her. When Margaret's visa expires, she cooks up a plan to blackmail Andrew into marrying her so that she wouldn't have to be deported back to Canada.
The plot has a lot of surprises and twists, a hook factor. At the beginning of the story, Margaret is seen as a slave driver and fearsome boss who is always throwing orders around. As the story progresses, we see a more human side of her and learn to feel sorry for her. Her parents died when she was young and she has forgotten what it was like to be around a family and be loved. So that is why she has turned into a cold person over the years.
Andrew is the good guy who has been taking all her phone calls, doing her errands and even buying coffee for her in the mornings. As Margaret follows him home to celebrate his grandmother's ninetieth birthday, we learn that he is actually a rich man's son who owns several business empires in Alaska. His father wants him to take over the family businesses but he only wants to go to New York to be a writer. As the story progresses, power is transferred to him and suddenly, he is the one who calls the shots at his boss during the weekend stay.
There'll be hilarious moments as they have to lie to his family that they are in love and want to get married. They have no choice but to share the same room and kiss passionately in front of the family. Watch for Ramon, the guy who seems to do almost everything on the island. He's a waiter, exotic dancer, shop assistant and even minister.
The story will have a nice Cinderella ending style. He does actually love her and really want to marry her. I love everything about the story and it's a really, really good show to watch. The story left me reflecting on the plot for several days.
