The Proposal- What a Hit! (Sunday, August 23, 2009 / 6:59 PM)
My parents and I went to watch The Proposal today. I dare say it was a Hit! So funny, touching, with a tinge of romance and sadness at the same time. All in one! I don't mind watching again, it reminds me of The Holiday and Music & Lyrics. We went to Marina Square to watch it. It is really a cool and anticipated movie.
The Proposal stars Ryan Reynolds, he is so cute!, and Sandra Bullock. It is about:
Margaret (Sandra Bullock) makes her way through the office as her employees cower in terror. Margaret's one of the most powerful book editors in the business and she doesn't tolerate anything less from perfection from her underlings. And it's her personal assistant, Andrew (Ryan Reynolds), who suffers the brunt of Margaret's wrath when things are even slightly out of line.
For three, long, grueling years in which he worked weekends, missed out on family gatherings, and was generally miserable as hell, Andrew suffered and put up with everything Margaret dished out, all the while holding out hope that one day it would all be worthwhile when she promotes him to editor. But nothing in those three incredibly difficult years prepared Andrew for Margaret's latest and greatest demand: marry her or lose his job. Seems Margaret is Canadian and she's been working in this country without the proper visa. In order to keep her high-powered position in the firm - and to stay in NY - she tells her bosses she and Andrew have secretly been dating and are now engaged to be married. Once Andrew recovers from shock, he agrees to be Margaret's partner in crime but with a few stipulations of his own. First, he wants the manuscript he's been pushing to be published. And he wants a guarantee that he'll be promoted in the very near future. And finally, he wants Margaret to get down on her knees in public to ask for his hand in marriage. Margaret agrees, and it's off to Sitka, Alaska to meet her future in-laws.
The weekend getaway will also provide the 'engaged' couple with the opportunity to share personal details they'll need to know about each other in order to effectively convince the immigration investigator their relationship's not a sham. But, since this is a rom com, once in Alaska Margaret's icy facade begins to melt. And Andrew, who has real issues with his dad, emerges as someone Margaret could actually care for. Throw in a sassy 90 year old grandmother who wants to see her only grandchild married before she passes away along with Margaret's growing affection for the guy she's bossed around for years, and this mini-vacation turns out to be so much more complicated and confusing than the work-obsessed illegal alien had ever anticipated.
Sounds interesting? Go watch it now! Hmm... As a young movie reviewer, I will give this movie 3 and 1/2 stars. Great and hilarious!
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