The Proposal

The Proposal is a romantic comedy staring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds. It centres on Margaret Tate (Bullock), a ruthless editor in chief of a publishing firm, and Andrew Paxton (Reynolds), her assistant who loathes her. After finding out she is about to be deported to Canada for an expired visa Margaret forces Andrew to marry her by threatening his career, so after they blackmail each other in negotiations he reluctantly accepts.

Although this film does follow the usual romantic comedy formula which means the plot is easy to figure out in a matter of seconds, I did still enjoy this film. The chemistry between the two leads is very good, as at the start you can tell they loathe each other and then the awkwardness when they first kiss all the way to when they begin to fall for one another is all quite believable. Also the film provides quite a few laughs, Reynolds stepping in with sarcastic and witty one liners and one of the gems of the film Betty White who plays Andrews grandma Annie is in impeccable form as she provides laugh after laugh for the audience. Bullock also provides a good performance as she is convincing as the ruthless boss but is also shows the softer side of Margaret very well.

So all in all even though the film is very predictable I would say it is definitely still worth the watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFL8b1p1ELY