Film Number: 08
Title: The Proposal
Director: Anne Fletcher
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Ryan Renolds
Writer: Pete Chiarelle
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Date of Release: 19th June, 2009.
Plot Summary: Not all relationships are based on companionship, but compatibility. From the office of a Devil wears Prada kind of Publisher comes a relationship due for wedlock because the boss, Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) is to be deported back to Canada where she comes from. She drags her smart and hard working assistant (Ryan Renolds) into a deal of marriage with her so that she can get her green card and stay with the job that she is absolutely devoted to.
What with a government official spying on her and their trip to Andrew Praxton, her assistant's home for the weekend because of his grand mother's birthday brings out the real story behind the lives of the two protagonists. Praxton comes from a super rich family and what finds him in the big city life is his strive to pull himself out of the family business rut and onto the street by making it on his own.
Margaret herself is seen to transform from a high profile city life to that of discovering little secrets of the little town life. And as she gets to know her assistant and his family better by the day, the story culminates into a ending probably unexpected by an audience.
What with a government official spying on her and their trip to Andrew Praxton, her assistant's home for the weekend because of his grand mother's birthday brings out the real story behind the lives of the two protagonists. Praxton comes from a super rich family and what finds him in the big city life is his strive to pull himself out of the family business rut and onto the street by making it on his own.
Margaret herself is seen to transform from a high profile city life to that of discovering little secrets of the little town life. And as she gets to know her assistant and his family better by the day, the story culminates into a ending probably unexpected by an audience.
My thoughts: A cross between a chick flick and a comedy, The proposal is a good sunday afternoon film, maybe not meant for big screen. Sandra Bullock in all her awesome-ness does fair justice to the role, cutting herself a slice apart from the niche that Meryl Streep created with Devil wears Prada.
The story is different, but yet on similar lines to so many such love stories that have been written down the years. The comedy maintains its highs and lows at many instances through the film, while the plot itself is construed wholly out of a possibly realistic scenario. Although it must be said that the series of events in the film are highly unrealistic. The vulture / eagle chase for instance!! What was that? Reviewing a lot of what people said of that scene, it should be said that a film that strives to maintain a realistic stance throughout should not suddenly change its mind with bad filming, editing and portrayal. It's a wonder that the film makers were convinced with such a scene.
On the whole, to reiterate a point earlier made, this film is classic 'curl up with a crackling fire and a glass of wine and your hunk' and not really a big screen sort of film.
The story is different, but yet on similar lines to so many such love stories that have been written down the years. The comedy maintains its highs and lows at many instances through the film, while the plot itself is construed wholly out of a possibly realistic scenario. Although it must be said that the series of events in the film are highly unrealistic. The vulture / eagle chase for instance!! What was that? Reviewing a lot of what people said of that scene, it should be said that a film that strives to maintain a realistic stance throughout should not suddenly change its mind with bad filming, editing and portrayal. It's a wonder that the film makers were convinced with such a scene.
On the whole, to reiterate a point earlier made, this film is classic 'curl up with a crackling fire and a glass of wine and your hunk' and not really a big screen sort of film.
Rating: **1/2
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