annoyingly predictable and barely watchable piece of Hollywood routine
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The Proposal (2009)
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Reviews Counted:177
Fresh:76
Rotten:101
Average Rating:5.3/10
Consensus: Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds exhibit plenty of chemistry, but they're let down by The Proposal’s devotion to formula.
Theatrical Release: Jun 19, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $163.9M
Synopsis: Sandra Bullock is at her funniest in the fresh, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy The Proposal. On the verge of being deported and losing the... [More]
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson
Director: Anne Fletcher
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REVIEWS FOR THE PROPOSAL
It's not awful, certainly not memorable and - despite the words of at least one quote whore - it's not "the year's best comedy."
Nov 2, 2009
a morass of clichés
Oct 31, 2009
Tailored to fit Sandra Bullock more snugly than the antique wedding gown altered for the star during the final act, the film begins to fall apart at the seams after its focus wanders from its promising screwball premise...
Oct 30, 2009
Bullock is totally at home in this territory, and she remains fun to watch, but I do wish she would get stronger, possibly more original comedic material.
Oct 20, 2009
Unfortunately, this winning team is stuck in a dumb vehicle.
Oct 16, 2009
The Proposal doesn't blaze any new ground, but it doesn't raze any old ground either. It's a solid, old-fashioned romantic comedy that's more interested in the romance than in being silly or raunchy. These days, that's refreshing enough.
Oct 10, 2009
It's obviously formula stuff, and follows that formula so earnestly that at points you'll wince more than swoon (why does every big proclamation of love in the final scenes need to be made in public?).
Sep 10, 2009
There is something to be said for such a relentlessly by-the-numbers chick flick programmer that is nonetheless a breezily enjoyable sit.
Aug 31, 2009
I was engaged by the fiery chemistry between Bullock and Reynolds.
Aug 3, 2009
The sight of Bullock doing a rap dance with granny in the woods is a traumatising experience.
Jul 28, 2009
This is familiar territory crudely traversed.
Jul 28, 2009
It is contrived and predictable, squandering the chemistry between co-stars Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds as it creates lazy escapist entertainment that is forgotten as soon as the end credits have rolled.
Jul 28, 2009
At the Sandra Bullock Movie Factory, a Hunky Co-Star Assembly Line rivets a new head on a standard male muscular body per SB pic.
Jul 26, 2009
They may as well have called this one ‘Mis-Matched Sham Wedding Comedy #57513’ for all the effort it makes to shake new life out of a tattered genre.
Jul 24, 2009
Despite some fine performances and pretty scenery, The Proposal is predictable yet incredible, and devoid of any consistent tone. Better call off that wedding.
Jul 24, 2009
Predictable rom-coms can work if the comedy and chemistry are there. Alas, both have gone AWOL. There's a dry and silent desert where the jokes are meant to be.
Jul 24, 2009
One minute you’re watching a 21st-century remake of His Girl Friday, the next you’re having to endure some awful, dumbed-down “women’s picture”. Bullock deserves better.
Jul 24, 2009
Sandra Bullock is teamed up with Ryan Reynolds, and each star's face has a waxy immobility that has nothing to do with Botox; the pure awfulness of the script has paralysed their facial muscles.
Jul 24, 2009
The more recurrent noise towards the end was me groaning with disappointment, that a movie which had struck gold with its central matchmaking was succeeding so ruthlessly in taking the shine off.
Jul 24, 2009
LATEST NEWS FOR THE PROPOSAL
June 8, 2010:
Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds are Most Wanted
"The Proposal" stars Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds will reunite for "Most Wanted," an action comedy that "sees Bullock as a criminal suspect with Reynolds as an FBI agent who is supposed to be...
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February 17, 2010:
Disney to Hollywood: If It Can't Sell Toys, It Had Better Be Cheap
At almost any studio in Hollywood, a hit as big as "The Proposal" would guarantee a sequel -- any studio, that is, except Disney, where chief Robert Iger's plans only include projects that either come...
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June 21, 2009:
Box Office Guru Wrapup: Audiences Can't Refuse Bullock's Proposal.
Sandra Bullock showed North America who's boss with her return to romantic comedy in The Proposal which gave the actress the biggest opening of her career and her first number one hit in over a...
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