The Proposal (2009)

All Critics (186) | Top Critics (39) | Fresh (79) | Rotten (103) | DVD (13)

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.

July 24, 2009 Full Review

David Jenkins

Time Out

Top Critic

Familiarity breeds contempt

July 7, 2009 Full Review

Joe Baltake

Passionate Moviegoer

Top Critic

Sloppy and lazy.

June 22, 2009 Full Review | Comments (2)

Ben Mankiewicz

At the Movies

Top Critic

Believability really goes out the window here.

June 22, 2009 Full Review

Ben Lyons

At the Movies

Top Critic

Instead of being about dinosaurs and time warps, it's about gags that were old when dinosaurs ruled the earth.

June 19, 2009 Full Review | Comment (1)

Peter Rainer

Christian Science Monitor

Top Critic

It's impossible to guess why Bullock was ever attracted to this insulting role, and the eternally confident Reynolds is miscast as a young, bullied underling.

June 19, 2009 Full Review

Elizabeth Weitzman

New York Daily News

Top Critic

A fresh twist to a proposal that starts out as all business but becomes something warmer and fuzzier before it's over.

September 29, 2011 Full Review

Neil Pond

American Profile

The comedy is some good moments, and the chemistry between Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds is strong, but it's too cute and predictable

July 24, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

annoyingly predictable and barely watchable piece of Hollywood routine

December 17, 2009 Full Review | Comments (6)

Dragan Antulov

Draxblog Movie Reviews

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."

November 2, 2009 Full Review

Brian Webster

Apollo Guide

a morass of clichés

October 31, 2009 Full Review

Andrea Chase

Killer Movie Reviews

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...

October 30, 2009 Full Review

John Beifuss

Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

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.

October 20, 2009 Full Review

Jeffrey Chen

Window to the Movies

Unfortunately, this winning team is stuck in a dumb vehicle.

October 16, 2009 Full Review | Comment (1)

Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

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.

October 10, 2009 Full Review

James Plath

Movie Metropolis

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?).

September 10, 2009 Full Review

Matt Soergel

Florida Times-Union

There is something to be said for such a relentlessly by-the-numbers chick flick programmer that is nonetheless a breezily enjoyable sit.

August 31, 2009 Full Review

Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

I was engaged by the fiery chemistry between Bullock and Reynolds.

August 3, 2009 Full Review | Comments (2)

Jolene Mendez

Entertainment Spectrum

A mildly enjoyed engagement that simply wasn't meant to last.

July 30, 2009 Full Review

Anders Wotzke

Moviedex

The sight of Bullock doing a rap dance with granny in the woods is a traumatising experience.

July 28, 2009 Full Review | Comments (4)

Cosmo Landesman

Sunday Times (UK)

This is familiar territory crudely traversed.

July 28, 2009 Full Review

Philip French

Observer [UK]

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.

July 28, 2009 Full Review

Allan Hunter

Daily Express

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.

July 26, 2009 Full Review

Victor Olliver

Teletext

Despite some fine performances and pretty scenery, The Proposal is predictable yet incredible, and devoid of any consistent tone. Better call off that wedding.

July 24, 2009 Full Review | Comments (2)

Anton Bitel

Film4

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.

July 24, 2009 Full Review

David Edwards

Daily Mirror [UK]

• 1. Margaret Tate: Hey, pssst, You know I can't swim! Hence... the boat.
  2. Andrew Paxton: Hence... the boat.
  – Submitted by MB S (5 months ago)
• 1. Margaret Tate: Are you supposed to get down on your knees or something?
  2. Andrew Paxton: I'm gonna take that as a 'Yes'...
  3. Margaret Tate: Oh, okay..
  – Submitted by Jen B (6 months ago)
• 1. Margaret Tate: Why didn't you tell me you're some kind of Alaskan Kennedy?
  2. Margaret Tate: We've been talking about you... for the last three years.
  – Submitted by Rebecca R (7 months ago)
• 1. Andrew Paxton: Now, you could imagine my disappointment when it suddenly dawned on me that the woman I love is about to be kicked out of the country.
  – Submitted by Emma P (7 months ago)
• 1. Andrew Paxton: Marry me.. Because I'd like to date you..
  – Submitted by Jen B (9 months ago)
• 1. Margaret Tate: You know I can't swim!
  2. Andrew Paxton: Hence... the boat.
  – Submitted by Chris Z (22 months ago)

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