An Accidental Husband
I found another one. Uptight radio pseudo-psychologist Emma (Uma Thurman) is engaged to Richard (Colin Firth) but angry Patrick (Jeffrey Dean Morgan of Supernatural ) sabotages the engagement by having his hacker friend convince the State of New York that she is married to Patrick already. Commence paper-signing fiasco a la Sweet Home Alabama . Typically of the genre, she can't relax enough to say anything nice until she gets drunk. Actually, if you follow the scene more closely (and try not to think of all the cliches), Patrick won't let her get a word in edgewise, feeding her shot after shot, while she tries frantically to explain the situation kindly, and in a pathetically vulnerable voice. Although it would still convince any post-apocalyptic alien sociologist that human females aren't attractive until intoxicated, it isn't quite as obvious as some other examples of the same scene. Unlike the typical bitchy-businesswoman rom com, Emma is actually a pretty nice ...