Bronte Parrish (Andie MacDowell) is marrying George Faure (Gérard Depardieu) in a marriage of convenience set up by Anton. They never met before and hope never to see again. She's a horticulturist in a New York gardening group working with inner city locals to build gardens. She's desperate for the perfect apartment with its own greenhouse but the board is only willing to rent to a married couple. She tells them that her husband is researching drumming in Africa. She's dating her coworker Phil. George is a music composer and needs the Green Card marriage to stay. Immigration officers Gorsky and Sheehan come to investigate. George and Bronte need to get their act together. They run into her old friend Lauren Adler (Bebe Neuwirth) whose parents are selling their place and possibly donating their rare plants.
Writer/director Peter Weir doesn't really do rom-coms. The comedy is rather light and neither leads are big comedians. It takes a long time before the romance takes off. He's got a volcanic anger bubbling under the surface and she's an odd-bird obsessed about plants. The story needs to force them together earlier in the movie. There is a fine romance for these two clashing personalities. She's ice and he's fire. Together, they turn into quite a stormy romance.
Writer/director Peter Weir doesn't really do rom-coms. The comedy is rather light and neither leads are big comedians. It takes a long time before the romance takes off. He's got a volcanic anger bubbling under the surface and she's an odd-bird obsessed about plants. The story needs to force them together earlier in the movie. There is a fine romance for these two clashing personalities. She's ice and he's fire. Together, they turn into quite a stormy romance.