When Margaret (Sandra Bullock), a powerful editor of books and addict to the work, enfrenta to the possibility to be deported to Canada, his natal country, the sagaz executive reacts quickly and declare that it is engaged with his sumiso assistant Andrew (Ryan Reynolds), to the that carries years martirizando. Andrew accepts to take part in the farce but with some conditions. The “couple” direct to Alaska, where only have four days to convince to his family (Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson and Betty White) and to an agent of immigration that his farce is real living crowd of situations incredibly absurd..