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The moment when pushy boss Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) suddenly
forces her unsuspecting, docile, but ever-so-hunky young assistant
Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds) to tell her superiors they're to be
married so she won't be deported back to her native Canada, there's a
certain awkward amusement. But it's more in the way Ryan Reynolds plays
it than the situation, as written -- our unease, and the actor's. If
there is such a thing as "reality," this ain't it. What's a Ken-doll
type like Ryan Reynolds doing in a job like this? The answer is,
waiting for this moment. Otherwise, if you had the sort of guy who
might really be doing this sort of job, you wouldn't have a romantic
comedy, and that's what the makers of the elaborately lame The Proposal
are reaching for.

It's not just that the assistant would probably be gay, or a young
woman, as are Meryl Streep's in The Devil Wears Prada. Well, yes, it
is, in a way. The author of the Prada book had worked for Anna Wintour.
This ill-conceived book editor is feared by everyone on the floor just
like the editor of Vogue. But although she seems ready to fire anyone
she doesn't like, she does nothing but read unsolicited manuscripts
while riding an exercise bike and coax well-known authors into doing
Oprah. Her assistant, who presumably takes care of everything else, is
an aspiring writer and editor, but he still looks like a guy who spends
most of his time at the gym.

The standard Forties material -- sparring guy-and-gal fall in love --
has to stand the test of 21st-century role-reversals, boss-lady,
servile man. But the real problem is the serious lack of chemistry
between Bullock and Reynolds. This is role for Katharine Hepburn, who
could be imperious, overbearing, elegant, but very feminine. If only
Ryan Reynolds were Cary Grant, but needless to say, he isn't. He's not
suave, merely fresh and pleasant. The best you can say for him is that
despite his bulky muscles he looks okay in a suit. The wardrobe
department are the unsung heroes of this film. But it's not that
Reynolds or Bullock does bad work, just that the writing sucks.

The movie doesn't manage to establish Margaret's dominance or Andrew's
competence before the plot gets its sendoff. Instead, off they go to
Alaska to meet his family on a weekend when the Paxtons plan to
celebrate the ninetieth birthday of Andrew's Grandma Annie (Betty
White). Clearly, Andrew realizes he now has the upper hand. Margaret
threatens to fire him if he doesn't cooperate, but she has more to
lose. And so he sets out to make her experience in Alaska hell.

But the new venue takes over and the comedy gets lost in the surprises
Andrew's family offers. The Paxtons turn out to be by far the richest
people in the remote town of Sitka (no, not Sitcom). This is the lazy
way to handle the situation, so long as the filmmakers have the budget
for it, which they do: poshness is so generic, so Hollywood. On hand
are Craig T. Nelson from The Family Stone and Mary Mary Steenburgen
from a couple more raucous but equally bad family comedies, 'Step
Brothers' and 'Four Christmases.' And veteran Betty White, whose energy
at 87 is admirable, but whose eccentric old lady role is annoying and
cloying.

Anne Fletcher lacks inventiveness and finesse in staging the standard
situations. When Andrew has to jump into bed with Margaret in the
morning when mom brings in breakfast (the Paxtons are rich, but they
still do all the work in their mansion, except at party time), the
sequence is drawn-out and unfunny. When the still-unfriendly couple
accidentally fall on top of each other while naked, it's more clunky
than cute: they're like big icky wet statues. It's better not even to
talk about the omnipresent Ramone, played by Oscar Nu.

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I didn't really like Ronin. it was a dull movie in one too many languages, which made it really hard to follow..

Very amusing.

It is funny how it ends,,...when they really want to get married they know less than when they were doing it for the job. also when she thinks this guy is poor and then arrives to almost a mansion lol... good movie.

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I have to state it right up front, Betty White steals the show, she is
so funny! Betty just seems to add that say what you mean without
worring about what others might think of you. Not to mention the baby
Sammy (Samoyed) Kevin, who has several key scenes in the movie with
Sandra Bullock. Ryan Reynolds acts the part of a stunned Assistant
Editor forced to marry his boss. Of course Sandra plays the extremely
self confident irritating Book Editor. The supporting cast has fit
together making this a very believable film. If you love to laugh at a
movie this one will give you several great moments. Please be advised
that there is a small scene with some partial nudity (no frontal shots)
that may not be appropriate for children. This movie has made my top 25
movies of all time in the comedy/romance section. Being a Sam owner I
love this movie and so should you. Enjoy and take care..