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Jeffrey Wells<\/a> doesn\u2019t buy the idea that a 32-year-old like Ryan Reynolds would hook up with a 44-year-old like Sandra Bullock, as apparently happens in The Proposal<\/a><\/i> \u2014 or, since the relationship between these two characters is a lie (at least at first), perhaps his complaint is that the other<\/i> characters wouldn\u2019t buy it. But I have one or two quibbles of my own after seeing this trailer:<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JINEsbt1-BQ<\/a>
Click here<\/a> if the video file above doesn\u2019t play properly.<\/p>\n

First, it looks like Bullock\u2019s character is supposed to be a boss from hell who suddenly has to pretend to be nice in order to \u201csell\u201d the idea that she and Reynolds are getting married \u2014 but all I\u2019m seeing is the actress, the nice girl next door who now has to pretend to be the boss from hell simply because the script requires her to do so. So there\u2019s a serious credibility issue here.<\/p>\n

Second, when Bullock\u2019s character is told that her visa application fell through and she is going to be deported, she replies: \u201cIt\u2019s not like I\u2019m an immigrant or something. I\u2019m from Canada!\u201d I find this reaction implausible at best, and damning at worst, since Canadians in general are very conscious of the fact that we are not Americans, and indeed many of us would be offended (mildly or otherwise) if an American<\/i> were to say that Canada isn\u2019t really a separate country. So I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if many Canadian audience members, on hearing this line, immediately branded Bullock\u2019s character a traitor to her own kind.<\/p>\n

As it happens, while Bullock herself is an American, her co-star, Reynolds, is a Canadian \u2014 and a native Vancouverite, at that. And he\u2019s playing the American that Bullock\u2019s character tries to marry! So I\u2019d love to hear his<\/i> thoughts on this matter.<\/p>\n

On the plus side, if this film succeeds in spreading the idea that a Canadian can be the boss from hell, then maybe that will help to subvert the stereotype which says that Canadians are all nice and polite. Then again, it might also perpetuate the notion that rude Canadians have to go to America to feel like they belong. Oh well.<\/p>\n

Final thought on the trailer: Is it just me, or is Mary Steenburgen, as one of Reynolds\u2019 Alaskan relatives, channeling a bit of Sarah Palin<\/a>?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"