The Proposal
Posted by Ellen Carl aka Adventurous Chick on June 21, 2009
The Proposal is the kind of movie you can take your mother to. In fact, I did, and we both enjoyed it. A pretty standard romantic comedy, it was a fun diversion on a rainy day.
Sandra Bullock plays a high-strung, tyrannical book editor in Manhattan who is about to be deported to her native Canada. So she blackmails her hard-working, oft-abused assistant, played by Ryan Reynolds, into being her fiancé so she can stay in the country and keep her job. Of course, the charade turns to real romance on a trip to visit his family in Alaska. Along the way there are some sweet moments and quite a few funny ones – many of those supplied by the hilarious Betty White who plays Reynolds’ grandmother.
If you’re in the mood for an old-fashioned romantic comedy, this is one to see. You won’t be blown away but you’ll be amused.
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One of your friends, or maybe it was Mainstream Chick’s, said on Facebook that the poster for this movie had Sandra B’s butt looking strange and I agree. What is with that photo? Did they decide that a booty shot would make her look hot and get guys to go to a chick flick? I can just hear the photographer, “More arch Sandy, no more, more…” It looks odder and odder the more you look at it. And it makes my back hurt, too.
Hmmm… I hadn’t noticed but now that you point it out. Maybe it’s the ridiculous shoes that they put her in. Those have got to be five inch heels at least.
I finally saw The Proposal on PPV and fully concur with Adventurous Chick’s review. It is indeed a fairly standard, yet perfectly enjoyable chick flick. It’s the kind of movie I expect to see running a thousand times on TBS, TNT, etc. in the years ahead – like “You’ve Got Mail” or “Overboard” or “Miss Congeniality”. You’ll be able to tune in and out of it at random and still get a smile. And wow, I really liked Ryan Reynolds in this – almost as much as I liked Bill Pullman in the Sandra Bullock romcom, “While You Were Sleeping” (a personal holiday favorite).
