Product Description

Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) terrorizes her publishing house co-workers with her abrasive, take-no-prisoners management style, especially her overworked assistant Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds). But when Margaret is threatened with deportation to her native Canada because of an immigration technicality, the quick-thinking exec announces that she and Andrew are engaged to be married. Ambitious Andrew agrees to go along with her scheme—if there’s a long-awaited promotion in it for him. Everything is going according to Margaret’s plan, until an overzealous immigration official makes it his business to prove that the couple’s engagement is bogus. To demonstrate her commitment to her new fiancé, Margaret agrees to celebrate the 90th birthday of his colorful grandmother (Betty White) — in Alaska. The editrix’s type-A ways put her at odds with her eccentric future in-laws with hilarious consequences, until the Paxtons teach Margaret a thing or two about family.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #311 in DVD
• Brand: Touchstone
• Released on: 2009-10-13
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: English, French, Spanish
• Subtitled in: English, French, Spanish
• Dubbed in: French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 108 minutes

Amazon.com
Rom-com favorite Sandra Bullock and the affably charming Ryan Reynolds’s superb chemistry turn The Proposal from otherwise standard romantic-comedy fare to one that is entertaining and sure to garner laughs. Margaret (Sandra Bullock) is a workaholic, tyrannical book editor (reminiscent of The Devil Wears Prada) who suddenly finds her career in jeopardy as she faces deportation back to Canada. Her solution is to simply fake an engagement to her unsuspecting assistant Andrew (Ryan Reynolds), who in turn blackmails her for a promotion. However, when Margaret is forced to head to Alaska with Andrew to visit his family in an effort to make their story believable to the deportation officers, they soon realize that their plan may not be so simple after all. The supporting cast of Dad (Craig T. Nelson), Mom (Mary Steenburgen), and kooky Grandma (Betty White, still a scene-stealer at 87) is great casting that makes for many amusing scenes. Bottom line: witty Reynolds and Bullock are perfect sparring partners for each other and not half bad to look at either. --Lisanne Chastain

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Customer Reviews

Fun movie, Blu not an outright recommendation
I had a fun time watching this movie, and the film has the kind of recognition that EVERY single customer that saw it screening knew they wanted to watch it (again for most of them). The Blu is definitely a mixed bag though. I believe everyone knows of the story by now, and watching these two popular eye-candy actors do their thing keeps the masses entertained as they fall from hate to love of one another.

The Blu clarity has the high budget feel throughout, but in this case to a fault. The green screen coloration is prevalent in any outdoor scene, at times almost appearing deliberately fake (the boat scene after she falls in the water was so apparent you just end up looking past it and focus on the heartfelt moment as was intended). On the second viewing I listened to the writer/director commentary to find out why they shot in Massachusetts instead of Alaska, and as usual it boiled down to money. They did get a few mountain panoramas but the 1080 only gets to show the real ones for a minute or two total. The 5.1 DTS sounds great and gets utilized the best during the strip/bar scene (hilarious sequence). The supplements are bittersweet and include:
* The alternate ending. A way different style of ending that had some hilarious actor(s) completely deleted from the film. It is without the effects so you immediately notice how much green screen was being used - we are talking walls and cranes worth.
* 6 minutes of deleted scenes. Understandable.
* Set Antics as hosted by Aasif Mandvi. 6 minutes worth, you might get a couple chuckles out of it.
* Digital copy of the film on disc 2.
* Commentary by Fletcher and Chiarelli. They get some (sporadic) decent material on there, and by their own admission they admit theirs is how not to do a commentary, but I had to hear all the whys on filming location and volumes of effects for a romcom.
The menu is a corny animated style, but all of the selections have an on/off for commentaries.

I laughed and enjoyed the film, but the solid clarity shows all of the fine line failings throughout as each window background and exterior shot involving mountains becomes glaringly fake at the seams. Not a 5-star benchmark Blu (what should have been had it actually been filmed in Alaska) so four for the film and supplements.

A Winning 'Proposal'
'The Proposal' was a genuinely sweet, funny, and charming movie. Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock, the film's two main stars, had some great chemistry that made all of their scenes together quite interesting. I must say, all of the actors turned into great contributions. Keep an eye for Malin Akerman (of Watchmen fame) and Oscar Nunez (part of The Office's stellar cast). Of course, this was a romantic comedy through and through- you could see the ending coming from just about the film's start. But that's really part of the fun, isn't it? 'The Proposal' was a laugh-out-loud hilarious movie with just the right amounts of charm and even a dash of drama. I have no doubts that the Blu-ray, with its included digital copy, won't disappoint.

A great comedy where everything works as it should.
THE PROPOSAL presents us with a different element: Sandra Bullock as the mean character. This is a very nice change for Sandra who has always played the good girl. And being mean, she is a delight to watch!

Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) is the executive editor-in-chief of a book publishing company. In order to avoid being deported back to Canada (and fired by the company) she forces her assistant Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds) to marry her. He grudgingly accepts, under the condition that he is promoted to the position of editor. When the government investigates, the two are forced to spend the weekend with his parents in Alaska in order make the lie more convincing to the US officials investigating them.

The good thing about this film is that everything works great:
a)The script very well written... light, funny and tasteful.
b)The casting is perfect: Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds have perfect chemistry and all the supporting roles have terrific actors like Craig T. Nelson (POLTERGEIST), Mary Steenburgen (PARENTHOOD) and the always-funny Betty White (THE GOLDEN GIRLS).
c)The jokes are very funny.

Basically, this is the odd-couple-type of comedy, with all the elements that work.
Perfect for watching anytime with anyone. This blu-ray edition has the advantage of boosting the BEAUTIFUL Alaska locations used on the film.

Favorite lines:
MARGARET TATE "What am I allergic to?"
ANDREW PAXTON "Pine nuts, and the full spectrum of human emotion."

Recommended!