Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Malin Akerman, Craig T. Nelson, Mary Steenburgen ...( see more  see more... ) , Denis O'Hare , Betty White

Sandra Bullock is at her funniest in the fresh, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy The Proposal. On the verge of being deported and losing the high-powered job she lives for, the controlling Margaret anno...( read more  read more... )unces she’s engaged to her unsuspecting, put-upon assistant Andrew (Ryan Reynolds).

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PG-13, 1 hr. 48 min.

Directed by: Anne Fletcher

Release Date: June 19, 2009

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DVD Release Date: October 13, 2009

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  • December 30, 2009
    oh hum we seen it all before type movie.Some silly laughs but again its the ending that all to firmiller.Ryan Reynolds here is great to watch but seen better of late but its sandra bullock that seem it be sleepwalking with this one.Havnt we seen her do this before? Anyway ok for ...( read more)a sunday afternoon and thats about it for this one.
  • December 30, 2009
    Sandra Bullock does her best "Sandra Bullock being bitchy".
    Ryan Reynolds is sexy but completely annoying.
    Mary Steenburgen is beautiful and charming.
    Betty White is hilarious and under used.
  • December 16, 2009
    Ultimately, there is something refreshing about The Proposal's undemanding humour and unabashed feel-good factor.
  • December 7, 2009
    While I enjoyed this overall, there were at least a couple of moments that were very bizarre and didn't seem to fit.

    Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock have really great chemistry throughout the movie, and they both have funny one-liners they throw at each other that made me laugh...( read more).

    I had the biggest issue with the scene where Gammy (Betty White) is out in the woods chanting...I really thought it would end up being a dream sequence, but it wasn't. It was very weird, and had some pretty poor special effects, and I really didn't see the point to it.

    Overall, a very solid romantic comedy.
  • November 30, 2009
    Very vanilla and even knowing where, how and with whom it would end I still found myself enjoying this just enough to hold my interest.
    It could have been the fact that I love Sandra Bullock as well as Ryan Reynolds (his timing is just impeccable and I really wish I had his abs!...( read more)). It could have been the beautiful vistas. It might have been the tight editing and occasional snappy dialogue, good chemistry between Bullock and Reynolds, but whatever it was...it held up just enough.
    This is an old story, you have seen it a million times before. There is really nothing overly special about it, but the execution gave me just enough gas to get through it.
    I keep reading how this movie was simply "by the numbers" and I cannot disagree, but I just couldn't hate it (and please bring me more of Ms. Bullock in recently showered splendor to the screen).
    A solid three stars and just fine for an evening fluff affair.
  • January 5, 2010
    hilarious!!! amazing movie
  • January 4, 2010
    SUMMARY
    romantic comedy starring Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson and Betty White. directed by Anne Fletcher.

    when shrewd New York book editor, Margaret Tate (Bullock), is threatened with deportation, she forces her assistant, Andrew Paxton...( read more) (Reynolds), to marry her. however, before they can tie the knot, she has to go home with him and meet his family... in Alaska.

    MY TAKE
    I love Sandy B. and would watch her in anything... I watched Speed 2 for goodness sakes!... and despite the fact that this is a very predictable film that follows the good ol' rom com formula to the letter, I enjoyed it quite a bit.

    Betty White once again steals all of the scenes that she is in, as the silly, yet very frank, Gammie. I love her! just wanna pick her up and put her in my pocket! another happy little find for me was The Office's Oscar Nunez, as Ramone, the town's go to man for everything... including the town's exotic dancer. he made me giggle several times.

    oh! almost forgot about the soundtrack... Katy Perry, Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock, Lil' Jon... good stuff!

    sweet, funny little rom com. ♥
  • January 4, 2010
    I loved this movie,funny, romantic,wacky.
  • January 4, 2010
    Me gusta la quimica que tienen es muy buena
  • January 4, 2010
    A nice romantic comedy. Betty White is awesome as the grandma!

Critic Reviews


July 24, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times

So keen to be cute it curdles our stomachs and so anxious to be funny it jellifies our funny bones. full review

June 19, 2009
Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com

Without question this riotously funny flick is the year's best comedy -- at least so far. full review

June 19, 2009
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

A romantic comedy doesn't need to be original to be enjoyable, and yet The Proposal still falls way too short of the mark. full review

June 19, 2009
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle

It isn't a film with a lot of big guffaws, but I smiled through most of it. full review

June 19, 2009
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

Onscreen chemistry is an elusive notion but you know it when you see it, and Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds definitely have it in The Proposal. full review

June 18, 2009
Claudia Puig, USA Today

Though it falls short of winning our hearts completely, The Proposal is a serviceable and intermittently funny romance made enjoyable by the sparks between Bullock and Reynolds. full review

June 18, 2009
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

A romantic comedy so numbing it feels like Novocaine. full review

June 18, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The Proposal recycles a plot that was already old when Tracy and Hepburn were trying it out. You see it coming from a great distance away. As it draws closer, you don't duck out of the way, because it... full review

June 17, 2009
Armond White, The New York Press

Every scene between Bullock and Reynolds only suggests how fine they might be in good circumstances. full review

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Comments


  • marcocapula
    December 14, 2009
    the beginnig of this movie was well. The rest of it ist like every generally movies.
  • mynameisashley
    December 1, 2009
    Romantic comedies quiz!
    http://www.flixster.com/quizzes/view-results?quizId=1553370
  • litata1612
    November 30, 2009
    can you sent me one movie about the Proposal..just one to let you guys that you really did a great job in you movie..
  • tumioageng
    November 27, 2009
    I loved the movie n dont mind watching it over n over again, mayb its becoz i luv both Sandra and Ryan
  • just1rachel
    November 25, 2009
    I love Sandra Bullock!
  • dyannagre2005
    September 17, 2009
    predictable and sticky sweet but funny.
  • princess7775
    September 14, 2009
    ITS REALLY FUNNY , SIMPLE MOVIE

    NICE TO WATCH IT
  • teriarcher
    September 10, 2009
    i like the movie, it very romantic and funny.
  • lovely93girl
    July 20, 2009
    i like the movie it was so funny!!

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    Sandra Bullock took over the role of Margaret after Julia Roberts dropped out.

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