| Show The Best Romantic Comedy of 2009 Stephen Walker Contributing Writer Sandra Bullock is back and hotter than ever Audiences have come out in unanticipated amounts to see the Proposal Ov Over r rits its debut weekend the film took the number one spot in inI I ticket sales placing at million The Proposal is Bullocks Bullock's Speed Miss Congeniality first romantic comedy in four years and andoh andoh andoh oh how happy I am that she is back in the game Bullock plays Margaret Tate an executive editor at a publishing company in New York City Tate is upright pushy and a witch of a boss that everyone fears and hates When she walks into the room everyone gets back to work and sends amusing instant messages like the witch is ison ison ison on her broom The conflict comes comesup comesup comesup up when Tate a Canadian native is threatened with deportation Margaret has hasa a problem and she finds her solution in Andrew Tate does some the on-the- spot quick thinking and blackmails her tormented assistant Andrew Paxton played by Ryan Reynolds Definitely Maybe X-Men X Origins Wolverine into agreeing to marry her Paxton reluctantly agrees to participate in the whole charade if in exchange she does some things for him In order to prove to the immigration office that their marriage is legit they go up to his parents place in Alaska Alaska is is where the fun begins Tate the always- always in-control in stern stem city girl girlis is thrown into a girl city-girl- outback meets-outback situation resulting in comedic scene after scene as she tries to cope with the oddity of her predicament In Alaska the unrealistic couple meets Andrews Andrew s wealthy and strange family Mrs Paxton Mary Mr Paxton Craig T. T Nelson and Grandma Annie Betty J C i Fib H Jm 10 ti i tt t- t 1 I t i J THE PROPOSAL If Ju I I fj ik t i. i 1 1 w t. t f h i P y y White The dynamic duo has to persuade his family that their relationship is isreal isreal isreal real causing bouts of physical comedic tension between the two The two also have to spend the weekend le learning ing as much about each other as possible due to an immigration official on their trial trying to bust them After their announcement that they are engaged the extended family shocked that the two extremely different people are getting married request to hear how the couple met Ryan and Bullock then embark on a battle of the wills in the most amusing fashion ever This scene is brilliantly constructed and executed with precision and is hilariously creative The film is much better than thana a common battle of the ex s movie It is a battle of the to soon-to-be married which is downright hysterical Grandma Annie delivers some laughs in inthe inthe inthe the movie as the brilliantly spunky grandma who uses whatever resources she can to get things to go her way I would even venture to mention she creates the films film's biggest laughs She has the audience laughing at her every move from her chanting rituals to her quirky T J sen sense sense e O JA 9 of 4 humor t about death She is my lEY favorite character from the film and should get some approving nods from the film industry Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock have amazing chemistry and perfect timing They blend the perfect amount of sexy bantering and constant battle of the wills It is impossible for you to not like them together on screen There are many genuine moments of physical comedy that had the audience laughing so hard there were tears in inmany inmany inmany many eyes Personally I couldn t stop l laughing the entire movie This is unquestionably the best romantic comedy of 2009 so far |
