The Proposal (2009)

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	Year of first release: 2009
	Director: Anne Fletcher (Step Up)
	Actors: Sandra Bullock (Speed, Gravity), Ryan Reynolds (Blade 3, Buried), Mary Steenburgen (Back to the Future 3), Craig T. Nelson (Poltergeist, The Incredibles), Malin Akerman (Watchmen)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Romance, Comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 15.11.2013, SD VOD, Home cinema, French version.
Synopsis: Margaret Tate (Bullock) is chief editor in a publishing company. She is the best at what she is doing and tortures her assistant (Reynolds). When she faces expulsion from the country, she has no other  choice but to get married.
Review: I don't usually watch romantic comedies but I saw the trailer of this one and thought: why not? The odd duo Bullock/Raynolds is funny to watch and even though many of the most funny situations are already shown in the trailer, the movie is still pleasant to watch. It is not great movie making, but a nice light comedy. For example why do the characters always have to speak their thoughts even when alone? I guess this is not the movie genre in which you want to let the viewer appreciate the set, the scenes and decides what he likes or not. It looks like everything is guided towards the next comic situation. During many scenes the set around he actors looked obviously fake not only inside houses but also when you look through the window, or the proposal scene in a fake street of New York. Apart from that, the actors are good. A special mention to Mary Steenburgen (the school teacher Clara Clayton in Back to the Future III) that plays very naturally.
Rating: 6 /10