Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) is a beautiful, successful and workaholic editor at a big publishing firm in New York. However to her co-workers, she is the absolute bitch from hell; especially to her long-suffering assistant Andew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds). He has been working day and night, putting in weekends so that he can be an editor himself. Unfortunately, this goal requires him being Margaret’s slave.
However Andrew gets the upper hand when Margaret is facing the problem of deportation as she is Canadian and her visa has expired. She finds the perfect solution: she will marry Andrew and keep her job and because she is staying in the firm, he won’t be fired. The unwilling Andrew gets a bigger shock when the immigration officer Mr. Gilbertson (Dennis O’ Hare) informs them that a fraud marriage will result in a prison sentence of 3 years and a fine about $250,000. So Andrew blackmails his way into an immediate promotion and they go to Alaska together to give Andrew’s family the good news. Of course they have to pretend they are in love and keep “the fraud” secret. So the grandmother Annie (Betty White) and mother Grace (Mary Steenburgen) are more than surprised when Andrew brings home the “absolute evil bitch”. However they are happy to have Andrew back and they are willing to welcome Margaret into the family. But the father of the house (Craig T. Nelson) is already bitter because Andrew didn’t take over the family business and moved to New York to be an editor’s assistant, a job area he doesn’t respect and a passion he doesn’t understand. Of course trouble doesn’t end there. Mr. Gilbertson isn’t willing to leave them alone and the more Margaret gets to know the family, the more she gets to love them. And Andrew starts seeing a whole new side to Margaret. But how is a business deal is supposed to work when feelings get involved?
The Proposal is one charming and hilarious romantic comedy. And don’t get the “romantic” part in the romantic comedy to cloud your judgment, as the movie does a wonderful job of making you laugh. The cast is marvelous, especially Betty White. Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds have great chemistry and comedic timing together. This movie is 85-90% comedy. Note that gorgeous Malin Akerman also co-stars. She plays Gertrude, Andrew’s high school sweetheart.
Written by Pete Chiarelli and directed by Anne Fletcher. Sandra Bullock was nominated for Best Actress in a Comedy at the Golden Globes for her role. Rated at 6.7 on IMDB. All around fun. 7/10 from me.
Favorite Scenes:
* any scene with the dog Kevin – especially the “eagle dance”
*The bathroom scene- the naked “clash”
*Sandra Bullock and Betty White chanting in the forest together
Favorite Lines:
– on the clash – Margaret blames it on the dog blocking her way.
Andrew: Oh- I barely made my with my life out there.
and pretty much anything during the ending credits.
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oh i love this movie.
always hated both of them but after this movie, point of views changed.
RR is hot!!!! urghss!!! hahaha
ha hahaha:) You hated them? I always loved them both. Have you seen Sandra Bullock in While You Were Sleeping? That’s such a fun and lovely movie. And I always had a soft spot for Canadians – Ryan is Canadian in real life, funnily enough. And I did like his show Two Guys, A Girl and A Pizza Place.
Hilarious movie! An intelligent romantic comedy that worked perfectly. Great Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds !!
Love it too:) Great cast, especially Betty White and the dog, lol:)))
sometimes i hate actors and actresses for reasons i dont remember. hahaha.
but shes a great actress. dont deny that! and yup rr is definitely HOT, i repeat. haha. i might catch his other movies that you have recommended!
@ stella :)) please do. you should especially enjoy Foolproof.
Now, sometimes actors rub off you the wrong way, I agree. I didn’t like Russell Crowe until he made A Good Year, I hated DiCaprio until Blood Diamond and didn’t care much for Harrison Ford showed me until he could be cute and silly (in 6 days, 7 nights).
I really loved this movie eventhough I’m barely a fan of romantic comedy. I totally agree that the movie contains a lot of fun stuff and less “romantic scenes”, which I look for when watching a romantic comedy!
Yep, this one is totally hilarious with lots of laugh-out-loud scenes and I especially adore the scenes with the dog and the grandma:) The romantic premise here is not that believable (it hardy is with most romcoms) -but th idea that two people who really hated each other suddenly would fall in love in the course of 3 days seems even a bit more-fetched than usual But it doesn’t matter when the actors pull it off and balance the premise with great comedy.
I love this movie. And I really think it is one of the more guy-friendly romcoms out there.
I just saw it on TV in the S.F. Bay area. I know the town it was shot in: Rockport MA
Did you like the movie?