The Proposal

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Well, I finally watched The Proposal tonight. It took me three days to finally finish it, but I did, and it’s done, and it’s your choice for this review.

When The Proposal came out in theaters, I remember seeing the trailer and thinking to myself that it looked just like any other rom-com in existence. Boy meets girl, boy and girl don’t like each other, boy and girl start to learn and then the rest is history. So, I can honestly say that I really had no desire to watch this film.

So, I popped it in the DVD player and it started up and I was already bored, even though the opening credits thrilled me with such names as Craig T. Nelson, Betty White, Oscar Nunez from The Office, and hell even the main stars Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock. This film at least had its casting right.

The movie gets going pretty quick and we are introduced to Andrew and Margaret. Margaret is a big time editor at a New York book publisher and Andrew is her assistant/slave. So Margaret is informed that her visa is in the process of being renewed, but because she left the country without permission, her application for renewal has been rejected and she will be deported back to Canada. So, in a moment of insanity, she tells them that Andrew is her fiancé and they are getting married.

Andrew is completely against it, as well he should be, but she threatens his job and career unless he does it. So, he accepts but then the tables get turned where INS tells them of the consequences of lying to them, and suddenly Andrew has the upper hand. He forces her to make him an editor if he goes along with it, to which she accepts because she has no other choice (obviously, I’m still bored).

They then leave together for Alaska where Andrew’s family lives for two reasons. The first reason being that it’s his grandma’s 90th birthday. The second reason is to inform his parents about their ‘engagement’.

So, it was basically what you would expect out of a rom-com. It had a couple twists to it that I didn’t see coming (maybe because I was blind, I’m not sure), and it had several funny moments, most of which came from Golden Girls alum Betty White.

Like I said earlier, the casting was very well done. There were a few wooden scenes and a few ‘what the hell?’ scenes, but it wasn’t too bad. The editing wasn’t that bad. There were a couple moments that I got confused on because it had its choppy moments, but overall, not bad for a movie that you already know the ending to.

You know, I will admit that I liked it. It’s been the best rom-com movie that I’ve rated so far, but it’s not going to win any Oscars or anything. It is a great date movie though and it achieves its purpose. I give it 7 out of 10.