The Proposal - I fun little Rom Com

I don't care what anyone says, Romantic Comedies are pretty fun movies. They are good mindless fun with happy endings. Even if they aren't hilarious, they make you laugh. There's always a pretty girl as the leading lady and you always feel good after watching them, regardless of how unrealistic or cheesy or cliche the movie actually is. I mean lets face it, it's almost impossible to make an unchessy or uncliched Rom Com. The Proposal is one of those fun movies.

The movie stars Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds. Sandra Bullock is hot. Ryan Reynolds is hilarious. Bullock plays Margaret an evil, pushy boss who forces her young assistant, Andrew (Reynolds), to marry her in order to keep her Visa status in the U.S. and avoid deportation to Canada where she is from and thus losing her high powered job at a publishing company. However, to do this they must convince the customs official that the upcoming marriage is not a sham. Andrew was just happening to travel to his hometown in Alaska for his grandmother's birthday so Margaret comes along to help make the engagement look real. These 2 basically hate each other in the beginning. Margaret is a hateful bitch and Andrew is her abused sidekick who only sticks around in hopes of getting promoted and fulfilling his dream of being an editor. Well, as Rom Coms go, the 2 characters begin to see each other in a different light throughout the course of the weekend, and then fall in love for real.

I only have 2 knocks against this flick. There is a scene involving Betty White (who I think is the funniest old lady on the planet), and some Indian dancing that should have probably been cut in that is really too goofy and doesn't really fit in the movie, although it does involve some pretty funny dancing by Bullock's character. And, I know this is knit picky, but Reynold's character goes from despising Bullock's to being in love with her over the course of 3 days, which is kind of unbelievable, but whatever, its a movie.

As I mentioned before, Betty White is great as the vivacious, crazy grandmother. But the really scene stealer is Oscar Munez (better known as Oscar from The Office). If you watch The Office and know what kind of a character he plays in that (which is kind of an uptight, prim and proper person) you will laugh your a$$ off to his character in this movie.

I'm not going to sit here and tell you that this is one of the greatest movies I've ever seen. It's not the funniest romantic comedy ever, and while it has its sappy, love story ending, I don't know if the ladies will need to bust out the Kleenex. But it is a funny movie from beginning to end. You will laugh, and you will get that sappy love story feeling a couple of times. You feel good after watching this movie. If that's what you want out of a movie watching experience (and who doesn't?) then rent this one and you won't be sorry.