1. A State of Equilibrium
In the opening of the film, the audience see two separate scenes. Margaret in her expensively furnished and neatly tidied apartment, jogging on a treadmill and reading work in the early hours of the morning before she goes to work. The audience then see her getting ready and entering work in clean business wear. Conversely, the audience see Andrew waking up late to his alarm in his messy apartment then rushing through the street of New York to get to work on time for Margaret to receive her coffee. Margaret is a successful book editor and spends everyday degrading and making her assistant, Andrew, work for her with no rewards of his own.
2. A Disruption of the order
Margaret is called into her bosses office to be informed that she faces deportation back to her home of Canada due to her expired Visa. This means that she is unable to work for an American company and therefore would lose her highly ranked job and have to move back to Canada. The man that will succeed her and take on her job, once she is deported, is the man that she recently fired.
3. The Recognition that the Order has been Disrupted
Margaret has come to terms with the problem and to avoid deportation she tells her boss that she is engaged to her assistant Andrew (an American citizen). Their marriage would mean that she can stay in America and continue working as the book editor. He, after Margaret's pleading, agrees that they will marry and later divorce to avoid her deportation and as repayment Andrew will have his book published. However, they has to convince the INS Agent that they are legitimately in love and are going to be married otherwise Andrew will be charged and imprisoned for fraud and Margaret will be deported.
4. The Attempt to Repair the Damage
Margaret accompanies Andrew to his hometown of Sitka, Alaska for his 'Gammy's' 90th birthday. They use this trip to try and trick Andrew's family and friends into thinking that they are truly in love and will be married. In this attempt, the encounter more problems such as: Andrew's family deciding for the 'couple' to be married that weekend on 'Gammy's' birthday and the INS Agent pays them a visit and warns Andrew's father and the couple that if they proceed with the marriage and are proven wrong they will be arrested. This then differs from the original attempt to restore the equilibrium of Margaret and Andrew marrying and later divorcing him. Margaret, due to her feelings developing feeling towards Andrew, changes the equilibrium to her leaving admitting that the marriage was fraud and goes to leave America so that Andrew can get off scot free.
5. A State of New Equilibrium
The two accidentally fall in love with each other whilst trying to trick everyone else into thinking that they are in love. Due to them falling in love, Andrew tries to stop Margaret from moving back to Canada because he wants to be with her and eventually will marry her. The new equilibrium is that they are now a couple and can legitimately justify to the INS Agent that they are in love and will be married.
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