- PROPOSAL, THE (DVD MOVIE)
Description
Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) terrorizes her publishing house co-workers with her abrasive, take-no-prisoners management style, especially her overworked assistant Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds). But when Margaret is threatened with deportation to her native Canada because of an immigration technicality, the quick-thinking exec announces that she and Andrew are engaged to be married. Ambitious Andrew agrees to go along with her scheme—if there’s a long-awaited promotion in it for him. Everything is going according to Margaret’s plan, until an overzealous immigration official makes it his business to prove that the couple’s engagement is bogus. To demonstrate her commitment to her new fiancé, Margaret agrees to celebrate the 90th birthday of his colorful grandmother (Betty White) — in Alaska. The editrix’s type-A ways put her at odds with her eccentric future in-laws with hilarious consequences, until the Paxtons teach Margaret a thing or two about family.
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Rom-com favorite Sandra Bullock and the affably charming Ryan Reynolds’s superb chemistry turn The Proposal from otherwise standard romantic-comedy fare to one that is entertaining and sure to garner laughs. Margaret (Sandra Bullock) is a workaholic, tyrannical book editor (reminiscent of The Devil Wears Prada) who suddenly finds her career in jeopardy as she faces deportation back to Canada. Her solution is to simply fake an engagement to her unsuspecting assistant Andrew (Ryan Reynolds), who in turn blackmails her for a promotion. However, when Margaret is forced to head to Alaska with Andrew to visit his family in an effort to make their story believable to the deportation officers, they soon realize that their plan may not be so simple after all. The supporting cast of Dad (Craig T. Nelson), Mom (Mary Steenburgen), and kooky Grandma (Betty White, still a scene-stealer at 87) is great casting that makes for many amusing scenes. Bottom line: witty Reynolds and Bullock are perfect sparring partners for each other and not half bad to look at either. --Lisanne Chastain
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Sandra Bullock is still stuck in 1995 in this uninspired romantic comedy where she goes through all the motions that the genre calls for with little originality.
Betty White makes it all worth it with her scene-stealing turn as a grandmother. She’s always one to watch for.
Rating: 1 / 5
The Proposal
This is the quintessential chick flick. The primary roles are female. No big deal. The same was mostly true of “A League of Their Own.” But, what’s missing here is anything resembling a male with much testosterone. In addition, the character development and especially the shift in feelings between Bullock and Reynolds is lacking. For women looking for something to watch on a Saturday night “The Proposal” might fit the bill. On the other hand, this movie brings to bare the lyrics to the ballad “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone.” As a guy, my only excuse for watching this movie is that my girlfriend really wanted to see it so I went along with her. That takes care of the chick flicks for a while.
Rating: 2 / 5
The Proposal
I have three daughters ages 9-14 and I may be a prude. I really liked this movie, it’s a romantic comedy with quite a sophisticated plot line. Ryan Reynolds is very convincing as the scion of small town rich folks, who leaves to make his own way in the world. He returns with Sandra Bullock, his domineering boss, and they announce their engagement. Its an arrangement, necessary to avoid Bullock being deported, and you know its going to fall apart. Along the way however Ryan’s relationship with his father, with his home-town sweetheart are illustrated, but the easy pitfalls are avoided. By the end of the film Sandra Bullock’s character rediscovers her humanity, the family are reunited with a new respect for each other , and Ryan can return to New York to find out he actually loves Bullock. I liked the fact that the story line can support the `full-on’ New York working life, and not pay undue homage to tradition and down home values. I thought the supporting cast were good, apart from the grandmother – the lady from Golden Girls – who I thought was given rubbishy dialogue, and idiotic scenes (especially the earth-mother dance in the woods)
I thought Sandra Bullock was unconvincing as the uber-boss, and some of the office scenes were silly, but overall she and Reynolds were convincing. There were moments of great comedy and tenderness during the movie. As an adult I thought it was very entertaining.
But….. In Ireland, however it carries a PG-12 certificate, so my twelve and fourteen year old daughters asked me to bring them to the movie; otherwise I probably wouldn’t have gone. I was very uncomfortable with the scenes where Bullock is brought to a male strip club on the hen party, which I found crude and unnecessary. I was also uncomfortable with Ryan’s family’s acceptance of the engaged couple sleeping together – the mother and grandmother say something like ` we’re not so naïve as to think that a young couple ….. “. In fact, their arrangement being what it is, the couple don’t sleep together. While the first could have been cut from the movie, the second issue is such a part of the plot that it couldn’t. My objection then is to the certificate. I’m not sure what age limit I would put on it, I think fifteen would be the lower limit I would choose. I suppose the film could have triggered a discussion with my daughters about our family values etc, but I was looking for entertainment from the movie, rather than a moral challenge.
Rating: 3 / 5
The Proposal
A long, long time ago I swore I would never to see another Sandra Bullock “romantic comedy”. After TWO WEEKS NOTICE, FORCES OF NATURE, MISS CONGENIALITY and so forth I thought enough was enough. Then THE PROPOSAL came along and, asides from a couple of good reviews, I also heard some pretty good word of mouth on it. Too bad, frankly speaking, word of mouth should have kept its mouth shut, THE PROPOSAL is just as bad as anything Bullock has ever done in the past. Then there’s lovable granny who takes Sandra to a strip joint for a never ending private dance and the love birds taking off their clothes (unaware of each other’s presence), walking in reverse and ending up accidentally embracing each other naked in plain daylight (I guess the true odds of that were a bit remote). THE PROPOSAL is for undiscriminating romantic comedy lovers only, others beware !
Rating: 1 / 5
The Proposal
Very funny indeed. Betty White is wonderful. Sandra Bullock’s dance around the fire with Betty White was hilarious. I cracked up! Ramon was an interesting surprise (the guy that plays Oscar from The Office). I thoroughly enjoyed the Alaskan setting. As Tina Fey once said as Liz Lemon in an episode of 30 Rock, “I want to go to there.” Ryan Reynolds is soooo hot, especially in the nude. And Sandra Bullock has done a great job of keeping her body looking smokin’, too. The nude scene with those two was great and oh so funny. The end theme, of course, if you love someone let them go and they’ll come back to you, worked out really well. Romantic movies are my weakness. Oh, one more thing, I loved Sandra Bullock’s hair in this movie. She’s just gorgeous.
Rating: 5 / 5
The Proposal