Movie Review: The Proposal

The Proposal is a great movie for both sexes. It has enough romance for the females and enough comedy for the males. Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds do an amazing job of portraying a "couple" who visit Ryan's family in Alaska for the weekend. Ryan's character, Andrew, is an assistant for Margaret, Sandra Bullocks character. They have to pretend they are a couple and get married so that Margaret can stay in the United States and keep her high profile job (her native country is Canada and her visa has run out.) While on their weekend getaway to Alaska, Margaret realizes that Andrew is not just some low class writer trying to make it in the writing world, but actually is wealthy and is writing and working for her because that is his dream in life. She also learns of family traditions and what it means to have a family (Margaret's parents died when she was little and she has no other family.) Of course like any romantic comedy there is always a twist at the end and after the two have really fallen in love (but neither will tell the other one) they end their engagement before the wedding can continue. Margaret heads home to New York to pack for Canada while Ryan stays back in Alaska trying to decide what to do. Again, in any romantic comedy the boy goes after the girl and they live happily ever after. I give this movie a 5 out of 5 because not only is it cute, but it is really funny too!