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|  |  | Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) terrorizes her publishing house co-workers with her abrasive, take-no-prisoners management style, especially her overworked assistant Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds). But when Margaret is threatened with deportation to her native Canada because of an immigration technicality, the quick-thinking exec announces that she and Andrew are engaged to be married. Ambitious Andrew agrees to go along with her scheme?if there?s a long-awaited promotion in it for him. Everything is going according to Margaret?s plan, until an overzealous immigration official makes it his business to prove that the couple?s engagement is bogus. To demonstrate her commitment to her new fiancé, Margaret agrees to celebrate the 90th birthday of his colorful grandmother (Betty White) ? in Alaska. The editrix?s type-A ways put her at odds with her eccentric future in-laws with hilarious consequences, until the Paxtons teach Margaret a thing or two about family.
| | | Rom-com favorite Sandra Bullock and the affably charming Ryan Reynolds?s superb chemistry turn The Proposal from otherwise standard romantic-comedy fare to one that is entertaining and sure to garner laughs. Margaret (Sandra Bullock) is a workaholic, tyrannical book editor (reminiscent of The Devil Wears Prada) who suddenly finds her career in jeopardy as she faces deportation back to Canada. Her solution is to simply fake an engagement to her unsuspecting assistant Andrew (Ryan Reynolds), who in turn blackmails her for a promotion. However, when Margaret is forced to head to Alaska with Andrew to visit his family in an effort to make their story believable to the deportation officers, they soon realize that their plan may not be so simple after all. The supporting cast of Dad (Craig T. Nelson), Mom (Mary Steenburgen), and kooky Grandma (Betty White, still a scene-stealer at 87) is great casting that makes for many amusing scenes. Bottom line: witty Reynolds and Bullock are perfect sparring partners for each other and not half bad to look at either. --Lisanne Chastain
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| | I'm no big movie critic or anything but I liked this move so much I wanted to recommend it. I'm only adding my opinion to the pile because I'm a bit suprised that so far no one's mentioned the hilarious comic contributions of some of the stars like the guy from the show the office,the local shopkeeper and caterer who freelances as a male stripper and a wedding guy, and the great character actor Denis Harley as the immigration guy with the go getum attitude. This movie is worth the price just for the Reynolds and Harley do their thing. For those who don't have digital, dont pay the extra moeny, just to get the extra extras (a rather mediocre outtakes/goofing off reel, 2 very short deleted scenes and a poorly concocted all-wrong, too-long alternate ending). If I had it to do over I'd have gone for the cheaper single disc version. Overall, I agree with just about everything said in the other rave reviews. Bullock's at her best; ditto Harley. Great scenery, hilarious story, good chemistry and great contributions from Steenburgen, Nelson and the incomparable Betty White, who's needs to be put out to pasture.
| | | If a DVD is in Letterbox format, why is it not so noted? I hate Letterbox and was very disapointed to see that this Blu-Ray was Letterbox.
| | | I like the way I ordered and received this DVD. I have watched it several times.
| | | I was not satisfied with this purchase . Unfortunatly the disk skips about half way through and doesn't play after that .
| | bullock + reynolds = epic | |
| | I so so so love this movie!!!! it's funny and romantic at the same time!
i love how andrew proposed to margaret! it's so sweet and very touching!
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