The Proposal (2009)

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• John M

  
  Cute movie, Ryan Reynolds as always is good. Sandra Bullock is funny and her and Reynolds have a decent chemistry. Betty White really shines in the supporting role.

• Candy R

  
  This is a funny rom com about a horrible boss who forces her assistant to marry her to allow her to stay in the US. They travel to Alaska to announce their engagement to his family with funny consequences. Great cast and plot.

• Jay H

  
  The Proposal is a typical romantic comedy. That's it. There's not much else to say about it. Everything in the film has been done before. There's nothing original about it. Does it please the masses? Certainly. Is it fun? I guess so. I can't say I really enjoyed… More
  The Proposal is a typical romantic comedy. That's it. There's not much else to say about it. Everything in the film has been done before. There's nothing original about it. Does it please the masses? Certainly. Is it fun? I guess so. I can't say I really enjoyed it, but I didn't dislike it either. It just kept my mind stupidly occupied for a couple hours.

• Jeff "

  
  The Proposal is an awful film that relies on every romantic film cliché in the book. The film suffers from a poorly written script, poor acting and very bad directing. This film is plainly horrible, and is just not worth anyone's time. The film has absolutely nothing new to… More
  The Proposal is an awful film that relies on every romantic film cliché in the book. The film suffers from a poorly written script, poor acting and very bad directing. This film is plainly horrible, and is just not worth anyone's time. The film has absolutely nothing new to offer, and only thing it delivers is a strained formula that is overdone and not interesting anymore. The film was poorly done with no redeeming qualities. The film is poorly done, and they could have done something interesting here, but the film simply falls flat and becomes tiring very quickly. The weakness about this film is the poorly written script, and it feels like they simply just cut and pasted other elements from previous rom-com to make this film. The result is a horrible film, and is one that I found painful to finish, however I managed to do it. This is a definite failure of a comedy, one that a poor cast and poor directing has made this film a film to avoid. I hated this film. I thought it was a waste of time I wish they would stop making romantic comedies because it's always predictable despite a different twist on a familiar story. This film was horrible and the only I can recommend you is to avoid this. Sandra Bullock is better than this. Even Ryan Reynolds. However in this film they're awful. The Proposal is a cliché riddled film that is not worth your time. Watch Bridesmaids instead, you're time will be better spent watching that film that this piece of garbage.

• Jameson W

  
  Completely ridiculous storyline, but completely entertaining nonetheless. Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds have great chemistry together, and Betty White is hilarious!

• Cassie H

  
  A really sweet and also a rather cute romantic comedy. Ryan Reynolds & Sandra Bullock have great chemistry in this sweet movie :) :) :) :) :) :)

• Brad W

  
  Funny at times, but I forgot this movie in a day. Self centered Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) is the boss at a huge book publishing company, and when she is threatened of being deported she forces her assistant Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds) to marry her or else he will lose his job.… More
  Funny at times, but I forgot this movie in a day. Self centered Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) is the boss at a huge book publishing company, and when she is threatened of being deported she forces her assistant Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds) to marry her or else he will lose his job. Sandra Bullock is the main reason to watch this, she is hilarious and the perfect choice. Ryan Reynolds seems to just be reading off a script, he really bored me. The plot is an average rom com, they aren't in love but then discover they love eachother, and the whole deportation thing is really cliche. But the reason I gave this 2.5 stars is because its cliche and very dumb at times, but its good fun and it has some great laughs during it, and I miss Sandra Bullocks good old fashion romantic comedies.

• Manu G

  
  Here comes the bribe... Saw it again! Good movie! I liked it, was a pretty good chick flick, kinda funny too at times. Nice cast to go along a nice story. Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) is the executive editor-in-chief of a book publishing company, Colden Books, who forces her… More
  Here comes the bribe... Saw it again! Good movie! I liked it, was a pretty good chick flick, kinda funny too at times. Nice cast to go along a nice story. Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) is the executive editor-in-chief of a book publishing company, Colden Books, who forces her assistant Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds) to marry her in order to avoid being deported to Canada. He grudgingly accepts, under the condition that he is promoted to the position of editor. When the government investigates, the two are forced to spend the weekend with his parents in Alaska in order to sell the lie. The family suggest they could marry the same weekend, and they reluctantly accept. They start to fall genuinely in love as they spend more and more time together. Because of this, during the wedding ceremony, Margaret decides she cannot do this to Andrew and confesses the business arrangement in front of everyone--including the immigration officer handling their case. She is then told that she has 24 hours to get back to Canada, and thus goes back to New York to pack her things. Upon doing so, however, Andrew shows up at the office and confesses his love for her in front of the entire office staff, proposing marriage all over again.

• moon r

  
  Only a charisma piece but there's oodles of that charisma. You'll hate yourself for liking it.

• Bethany M

  
  One of the best rom coms ever made. Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock are made for eachother, such a beautiful and extremely funny film.

• Jennifer X

  
  Though some parts were kinda funny, it was mostly dud joke after dud joke after dud joke.

• Matt G

  
  Funny with great performances by Bullock and Reynolds! Oscar Núñez is hilarious as the man with a million jobs. Grade: B

• Carlos M

  
  Despite some funny moments and the chemistry exhibited by Bullock and Reynolds, there is nothing fresh in this unoriginal romantic comedy whose humor is more embarrassing than inspired. Even worse is how we are supposed to accept that such a tough bitch becomes the perfect woman… More
  Despite some funny moments and the chemistry exhibited by Bullock and Reynolds, there is nothing fresh in this unoriginal romantic comedy whose humor is more embarrassing than inspired. Even worse is how we are supposed to accept that such a tough bitch becomes the perfect woman during a weekend.

• Julie B

  
  Perfectly respectable rom-com.

• Rachel F

  
  Pretty cute. Betty White makes this film better than it actually is.

• Thomas J

  
  Nothing new. No surprises. passes an hour and a half, but do not say it entertains for one and a half hours. Ryan Reynolds does give a great acted lead in a romantic comedy. God bless Betty White - she is GREAT and makes the movie so much more enjoyable!!

• Richard C

  
  C+

• Alexis N

  
  I love Betty White. I just expected this movie to be cute and funny due to the relationship between the two leads. I was surprised. I liked it a lot more than I thought I would. It was a hate-each-other-till-you-date-each-other movie, like You've Got Mail. Adorable and funny!… More
  I love Betty White. I just expected this movie to be cute and funny due to the relationship between the two leads. I was surprised. I liked it a lot more than I thought I would. It was a hate-each-other-till-you-date-each-other movie, like You've Got Mail. Adorable and funny! ps: Sandra and Ryan have a lot of chemistry. A believable romance!

• Dean !

  
  As Rom-coms go this is one of the better ones of the last few years. Kinda mixing Meet the parents with The devil wears prada. Most reviews seem split on the two leads, personally I think they do have a good chemistry in this. Along with a great setting, a strong cast including the… More
  As Rom-coms go this is one of the better ones of the last few years. Kinda mixing Meet the parents with The devil wears prada. Most reviews seem split on the two leads, personally I think they do have a good chemistry in this. Along with a great setting, a strong cast including the funny Betty White (Goldengirls) make this a pleasing film. It is predictable, aren't they all? It does have some good laughs along the way as the love-hate-love relationship unfolds. It's an enjoyable feel good comedy with two good leads.

• Nani V

  
  Cute movie...I don't know if it was that touching or if I was just emotional that day, but yes I cried. Haha...Don't get me wrong, some parts were funny as well. My favorite part had to be the chanting scene, cracked me up! A great cast that did their part well.

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