A Look Back #4: The Proposal

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Review: The Proposal

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Official 'The Proposal' Poster.

      One of the best and highest grossing romantic comedy movies of 2009 and ever in my opinion, ‘The Proposal’ merges emotion and comedy in a great way especially with it leading stars.

"Ryan Reynolds" and
"Sandra Bullock".

"Craig T. Nelson" and
"Ryan Reynolds".

      ‘Margaret Tate’ (Sandra Bullock) is a Canadian Immigrant who works as an executive chief in a book publishing company. After learning that her visa has expired and that she about to be deported to Canada and lose her job, she forces assistant ‘Andrew Paxton’ (Ryan Reynolds) to marry her. But when they realize that Mr. Gilbertson (Denis O’Hare) a US immigrant agent suspects that they are committing fraud, they decide to travel to Andrew’s parent home in Sitka, Alaska so that they can get to know each other so they can be able to answer the questions that Mr. Gilbertson will ask them separately. The remaining characters include ‘Grandma Annie’ (Betty White) ‘Andrew’’s granny, ‘Joe Paxton’ (Craig T. Nelson) ‘Andrew’’s father, ‘Grace Paxton’ (Mary Steenburgen) ‘Andrew’’s mother, ‘Ramone’ (Oscar Nunez) a resident in Sitka, and ‘Gertrude’ (Milan Akerman) ‘Andrew’’s ex-girlfriend.

"Sandra Bullock".

"Mary Steenburgen", "Betty White",
and "Ryan Reynolds".

      Comedy over the years had lacked the spark and genuine laughter that audiences would actually want to watch. And during that period where romantic comedy movies resurfaced out onto the stage of Hollywood, ‘The Proposal’ gave us back this spark that many wanted. And actually it shocked many how enjoyable the movie was. From the overall story to the actual leading actors, the movie basically was released at a time where it had a great recipe for success. Yes, the story may have clichés, but that can be overlooked with the other positives that it had, such as the various successful comedic lines and moments and the chemistry between "Sandra Bullock" and "Ryan Reynolds".

"Milan Akerman" and
"Ryan Reynolds".

"Oscar Nunez" and "Sandra Bullock".

      Director “Anne Fletcher”, who has directed the 2007 romantic comedy ’27 Dresses’, already, had experience in such movie genres. Therefore, basically she did a very good job directing this movie.  Successfully allowing the story to move at a good pace, while allowing it leads actors to shine and make this movie entertaining. The story, which was written by “Pete Chiarell”, was good and was able to stay stable amidst the confusion that might arise in these kinds of movies.  “Aaron Zigman”, who scored previous movies such as ‘The Notebook’ and ‘The Ugly Truth’, did a magnificent job with allowing the movie to shine and enhanced the overall end movie.

"Sandra Bullock" and
"Ryan Reynolds".

"Ryan Reynolds" and
"Sandra Bullock".

      The beginning of the movie was great for us to get to know the main character’s overall personality. And from there, the movie moved at a good pace incorporated great comedic moments from both “Reynolds” and “Bullock”. The emotional development of the characters was important for the movie, yet it wasn’t developed in the best way possible. Still you could feel the main emotions that the director and producer wanted the audience to get. My best movie moments were ‘Margaret’ and ‘Andrew’ night talk, ‘Margaret’ and ‘Grandma Annie’’s dance, and the final revelation scene. The credits scenes were also funny to watch.

"Betty White" and "Sandra Bullock".

"Betty White", "Mary Steenburgem",
"Ryan Reynolds" and
"Craig T. Nelson".

      The movie’s success in my opinion was purely because of the main characters which were portrayed by “Sandra Bullock” and “Ryan Reynolds”. “Sandra Bullock” is one of my favorite actresses. Even though she is talented in all movie genres, her playfield is definitely comedy. The energy and charisma, innate comedy, and emotions that she brought to the character were spectacular and made it fun for us to watch. And teaming her up with “Ryan Reynolds” was a great move. “Reynolds” is an actor where you feel that he makes no effort being that funny, which worked perfectly in this movie and alongside “Bullock”. Both had great chemistry, and bringing them together they nailed their scenes. The remaining supporting characters were great but both “Betty White” and “Oscar Nunez” shined the most.

      ‘The Proposal’ is one of my favorite romantic comedy movies in recent time, and for those who haven’t seen it yet, you are missing out on a great experience. 

'The Proposal'.

-'The Proposal' Info:

-Release Date: June 19, 2009.

-Starring: Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Betty White, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson, Milan Akerman, and Oscar Nunez.

-Studio(s): Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures and Touchstone Pictures.

-Directed by: Anne Fletcher.

-Written by: Pete Chiarell.

-Music by: Aaron Zigman.

-Running Time: 108 minutes.

-Budget: $ 40,000,000.

-Box Office: -Domestic(US): $ 163,958,031.

                      -Foreign: $ 153,417,000.

-Ratings: -IMdb: 6.6/10.

                -Rotten Tomatoes: 43%.

                -Metacritic: 48%.

                 -PERSONAL RATING: 7.9/10.

-'The Proposal' Trailer: