The Proposition (1998)
-
11% of critics liked it
(9 reviews) -
48% of users liked it
(400 ratings)
This drama about the efforts of an upper-class couple to have a child takes place in 1935 Boston. When Father Michael McKinnon (Kenneth Branagh) arrives from England to join the St. Jude's clergy, he avoids wealthy parishioners Arthur and Eleanor Barret (William Hurt, Madeleine Stowe). Attorney… More This drama about the efforts of an upper-class couple to have a child takes place in 1935 Boston. When Father Michael McKinnon (Kenneth Branagh) arrives from England to join the St. Jude's clergy, he avoids wealthy parishioners Arthur and Eleanor Barret (William Hurt, Madeleine Stowe). Attorney Arthur, an FDR adviser, and successful author Eleanor, want a child, but Arthur is sterile. Eleanor asks Arthur to pay someone to impregnate her, and Harvard law student Roger Martin (Neil Patrick Harris) is hired. He profits considerably, since he is required to return for several attempts. However, he becomes obsessed with Eleanor, infuriating Arthur, who threatens to kill him. Emotions and events escalate, as McKinnon reveals he's the son of Arthur's Nazi-leaning brother, Eleanor loses the baby, McKinnon becomes attracted to Eleanor, and there's a mysterious' murder. Shown at the 1998 Santa Barbara Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- Directed By
- Lesli Linka Glatter
- Written By
- Rick Ramage
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Mar 27, 1998 Limited
- Studio
- PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
No Critic Reviews Found…
Featured Audience Ratings
Currently unavailable on Flixster
Also available on
Other Retailers
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
Subscription Services
Not Available
Not Available
Cast
-
Kenneth Branagh
as Father Michael McKinnon
-
Madeleine Stowe
as Eleanor Barret
-
William Hurt
as Arthur Barret
-
Neil Patrick Harris
as Roger Martin
-
Robert Loggia
as Hannibal Thurman
-
Josef Sommer
as Father Dryer
-
Blythe Danner
as Syril Danning
-
David Byrd
as Dr. Jenkins
- Bronia Wheeler
- Dee Nelson
- Jim Chiros
- Ken Cheeseman
