The Proposal (2009)

Story:  A Canadian woman about to be deported blackmails her secretary into marrying her.  It’s a bit Philadelphia Story and a bit Green Card.

Director: Ann Fletcher (27 Dresses; Step Up)

Writer: Pete Chiarelli

Actors: Sandra Bullock (Margaret Tate), Ryan Reynolds (Andrew Paxton), Betty White (the grandmother)

Pros:

• The two stars are appealing and the movie is easy to watch. They seemed comfortable together and I did believe they liked each other.
• The scenery is lovely to watch too.
• It’s an old-fashioned movie.  By that I mean that ignores all serious implications and focuses on the sweetness of the loving family and the goofiness of the physical comedy.

Cons:

• I didn’t buy Bullock as a mean person.  Everyone kept saying she was mean but that was hard to accept since the meanest she had was sweetly serious.
• The whole Betty White as an Inuit bit was weird.
• I think they had a limited number of jokes, so they stretched what they had in some scenes.

Worth seeing?   Depends on how rough your day was. It isn’t noxious but not special either.

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