The Proposal stars Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock as Andrew and Margret. Margret is Andrew's boss. Margret is a bitch to everyone in the workplace, and also Margret is going to be deported to Canada. So in an attempt to blackmail Margret forces Andrew to marry her so she can stay in the country, which leads to a family trip to Alaska to see Andrews parents, including Craig T. Nelson, Betty White, and Mary Steenburgen.
The comedy fails on several levels. The dialogue isn't witty enough to come off as cynical although at times it tries to, and it isn't written in a way that makes for awkwardness although again, it tries to. The slapstick humor is never able to rise above anything funnier than Margret falling out of a moving boat (cause it's an original concept, ya?). The only somewhat hilarious part of the movie is Betty White, who is given nearly every strange and thought-out lines, and even then the movie still never rises above the level of chuckling to yourself. The Proposal's ideas play off as interesting in the way you watch the discovery channel, like you'd like to see more of whats going on but it certainly isn't funny, which makes you question your watching it at all.
The relationship aspects of it do somehow work though and are a saving grace. The chemistry of Reynolds boyish good looks and Bullocks ice witch mentality went well together as an age-old formula. Sandra Bullock seemed past her due date to me as a woman for romantic comedies and seems more fit for dramas like Crash and The Lake House than Miss Congeniality 2. But despite her lack of a funny bone, her and Reynolds do hold some kind of screen presence.
When I sat down for The Proposal I just wanted to be amused and laugh. I got amusement, that's for sure, but laughter didn't come. Not the movie I would choose over Transformers 2 ladies. Grade - C-
1 comment:
I hated The Proposal! Sandra Bullock looks waaay to old for Ryan Reynolds, the comic timing was nearly always off, there was a complete backstory of the relationship between Reynolds and his dad that was left largely unexplained, and it was too damn long. I'm sorry I wasted my time with this pitiful movie. (Plus, Sandra Bullock exposed WAY too much of herself. How awkward!)
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