Blue, on a whim, has corresponded for six months with a Korean woman and is now awaiting her arrival in Montreal. Once Hyang-Sook sets foot in Canada, he has 90 days to decide whether or not to marry her.
His best friend Alex has been thrown out of his house by his wife for having an affair. Much to his dismay, his lover doesn't want to have anything to do with him either. Then Laura, a very attractive woman, approaches him with a business proposition involving the use of his sperm for a mysterious client who wants a baby. Although he views himself as a lady killer, Alex has no luck charming Laura.
90 Days is a very funny, clever, imaginative, and diverting film directed by Giles Walker. Stefan Wodoslawsky as Blue is a diffident, idiosyncratic, and affectionate man who has trouble adapting himself to the idea of marriage. Christine Pak is winning in every way as his mail-order bride. Despite her problems with Blue's awkwardness and inability to express his true feelings, she wants to build a life with him on her own terms. Sam Grana is endearing as Alex, a man whose macho veneer takes quite a comic battering before he comes to his senses. Fernanda Tavares as Laura is a self-confident, no-nonsense, modern woman.
In a realm of mail-order brides and artificial insemination, sexual politics can take some surprising twists and turns. 90 Days explores this subject well with comic elan. The National Film Board of Canada deserves plenty of kudos for the wit of this storyline, the movie's use of amateur actors, and its improvisational energy.