Ultimately, there is something refreshing about The Proposal's undemanding humour and unabashed feel-good factor.
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Reviews Counted:176
Fresh:76
Rotten:100
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: $163,900,057
Synopsis: THE PROPOSAL could have been a strictly script-by-numbers affair, but hilarious performances by Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds improve this romantic comedy. Publishing powerhouse Margaret Tate... [More]
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Malin Akerman, Craig T. Nelson
Director: Anne Fletcher
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Reviews for The Proposal
A pedigree cast, fun premise and punchy dialogue make Bullock’s return to romantic comedy look a great catch, and Reynolds is sharper than a diamond solitaire. Pity, then, that its penchant for sentimentality makes it miss congeniality.
07/24/09
The Proposal might not be ground breaking stuff, but it’s a delightful and very enjoyable distraction that will lift your spirits.
07/24/09
As a fish-out-of-water comedy, it's so lousy that you keep wishing someone would put the poor fish out of its misery.
07/24/09
Ignore the underlying fact that The Proposal is one big cliché of a movie and relish Bullock's ability to handle slapstick comedy as well as the smart line delivery.
07/24/09
Despite good moments and likable leads, this lacks both heart and humour in a confection that smacks of the over-familiar.
07/24/09
So keen to be cute it curdles our stomachs and so anxious to be funny it jellifies our funny bones.
07/24/09
Another dagger in the back of romantic comedy.
07/24/09
This turns out to be another bad choice for Bullock who, without playing badly, sinks in the general morass.
07/24/09
Enjoyable romcom that succeeds thanks to the chemistry and comic timing of its two leads, but it's also formulaic, completely predictable and nowhere near as funny as it thinks it is.
07/24/09
As brightly enjoyable as this film is, there's no escaping the fact that it's yet another formulaic rom-com.
07/24/09
Dear Hollywood, from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health . . . please stop parping out meritless tripe like this.
07/24/09
It's not The Proposal's predictability that's the main problem, it's the lazy way it doesn't even try to cover up this predictability with witty jokes.
07/24/09
Sandra Bullock's performance alone deserves to give the star her first big comedy success since Miss Congeniality.
07/24/09
Bullock and Reynolds ... end up elevating The Proposal, turning something old into something (almost) new, something borrowed into something cute.
07/17/09
Sometimes, 'The Proposal' is rather engaging.
07/15/09
Bullock deserves better material and so do her fans. The moral: Don't accept a role unless you have read the entire script. Perhaps that's a more worthwhile proposal.
07/15/09
The Proposal feels both new and familiar. It's new, in that it doesn't obey a lot of rules of romantic comedies, while not breaking with tradition, and familiar in that it is reminiscent of some of the best romantic comedies without seeming too derivativ
07/14/09
Familiarity breeds contempt
07/07/09
There is a beacon of light -- Betty White. Ms. Betty could be cast in a revival of 'New Jack City' and you'd believe her in every frame.
07/03/09
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