The Proposal Quick Thoughts: The Proposal is a formulaic and familiar romantic comedy starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds as a publishing executive and her haggard assistant entering into a marriage of convenience so he can become a big-time literary editor and so she won't get deported back to Canada. The film co-stars Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson and Betty White as Reynolds' Alaskan family who unwittingly become pawns in the pair's matrimonial ruse.
A massive summertime box office hit, I was pleasantly surprised by roughly 60-percent of director Anne Fletcher's (27 Dresses, Step Up) latest effort. Bullock and Reynolds have great chemistry, their early sparring as they hammer out the details of their illegal contract brought a smile to my face. Unfortunately, the usual romantic comedy cliches intrude and once Pete Chiarelli's script requires the main characters to fall in love things become far less interesting. Still, the movie is hardly a disaster, »
- Sara Michelle Fetters

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