After seeing the previews to this chick flick, and Friday night rolling around, I had to choose between either this movie or “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” and girlfriend demanded we had to watch “The Proposal.”
I’ve always liked Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, and when I got the hint that they would be paired up in a comedy chick flick I gave in pretty quickly to the girlfriend’s demands.
The movie’s plot is basic. Sandra Bullock plays Margaret Tate and Ryan Reynolds plays Andrew Paxton. They both work for a book publishing company. Margaret is the head editor. She’s the typical in-your-face, “I-will-fire-you-for-breathing-too-hard” kind of boss, and demands perfection from all of her employees at all times. This includes her personal assistant Andrew, who spends every waking moment on call to his boss’ needs to make sure every single one of her demands are met on time and without fuss. Margaret gets notice that she’s about to be deported back to Canada for an expired visa, and blackmails her assistant Andrew into marrying her so she can stay in the country for good. Andrew uses this opportunity to make a few demands himself, which forces their relationship to flip around, giving Andrew the upper hand, and he begins to take control of things.
To make their marriage seem more legitimate to authorities, they decide to take a trip to see Andrew’s family in the great state of Alaska, in which they have to spend the weekend together to learn everything about each other. Let the games begin! From here on out the real movie begins and it is pure, non-stop comedy.
The casting in this movie couldn’t have been any better. I really didn’t have a doubt in my mind that Ryan Reynolds was going to own the comedic part of this movie, but I was dead wrong. It was all Sandra Bullock. Her performance reminds me of the movie she did a while back called “Two Weeks Notice” with Hugh Grant. This is the same kind of witty comedy you’d expect from her. The movie also stars Betty White. Yep, that’s right; the Golden Girl is back in the house, who I heard “steals the movie,” and I’ll back that statement up a hundred percent. And if you’re fan of “The Office” on NBC, be sure to check out Oscar Nuñez. He doesn’t have many lines in the movie, but you’re going to laugh your butt off at the madness of his role.
This movie is going to go down as an instant classic in my book, the kind of movie that you could see over and over, I personally want to see it again just to hear all the lines I missed from everyone laughing so loud. All and all, good stuff, go see it.
