Rotten
They may as well have called this one 'Mis-Matched Sham Wedding Comedy #57513' for all the effort it makes to shake new life out of a tattered genre.
David Jenkins, Time Out
The Proposal
Here comes the bribe...
2009 · 1h 48m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Anne Fletcher
Overview
When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.
Director and cast
- Anne Fletcher Director
- Sandra Bullock as Margaret Tate
- Ryan Reynolds as Andrew Paxton
- Malin Åkerman as Gertrude
- Craig T. Nelson as Joe Paxton
- Mary Steenburgen as Grace Paxton
- Betty White as Grandma Annie
- Denis O'Hare as Mr. Gilbertson
- Oscar Nuñez as Ramone
- Aasif Mandvi as Bob Spaulding
- Michael Nouri as Chairman Bergen
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
45%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Sloppy and lazy.
Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies
Rotten
Believability really goes out the window here.
Ben Lyons, At the Movies
Rotten
Instead of being about dinosaurs and time warps, it's about gags that were old when dinosaurs ruled the earth.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Rotten
It's impossible to guess why Bullock was ever attracted to this insulting role, and the eternally confident Reynolds is miscast as a young, bullied underling.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
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