Taming of The Shrew with a Green Card twist.

Rating: 7/10 (14 July 2009)

A modern-day "Taming of The Shrew" with a Green Card twist. Reynolds was himself, Bullock was sexy and Betty White stole the show.
Without pretense of being something other than a predictable romance comedy, The Proposal did not surprise, disappoint or lend itself to any other emotions outside of my cringing at the "awwwwws" that the female audience members would coo whenever people kissed, spooned or proposed on screen. Not being the biggest fan of this genre of movies, I went into it with little expectations outside of seeing the hotness that is Sandra Bullock, only to leave feeling rather unimpressed.
I found Sandra Bullock's portrayal of the Icey Margaret to be pretty good, being that I began to hate her, I would say she did a helluva job. Margaret, is a head case, never have I seen a woman this cold on film since Tilda Swinton's portrayal of The White Witch in the Chronicles of Narnia. She is also a peculiar woman, going from office ice queen to singing Rob Base's "It Takes Two" and shaking her ass to the Ying Yang Twins I couldn't make this up if I wanted to. I was not sure what to think of Margaret outside of her physical goodness, the character was not likable even after her taming was done.Ryan Reynolds was harmless, and his character was written to be more of a prop than a person. Although his wit and timing are always solid, I can barely remember any of his lines outside of him looking confused and dazed the entire time. The parents are typical but Grandma Annie (Betty White) is who owns this movie. Claiming Native American blood, she does fire dances (yes I know), loves lap dances and is very candid with her opinions. She is pretty much that strange, quirky senior that some of us have experienced in our lifetimes.
The formula as I've said is standard RomCom fluff. There is an attempt of a side story dealing with the tensions of Andrew's super successful father Joe Paxton (Craig T. Nelson) and his son but it felt so uninspired and pointless that I wished they had just left it out. This is definitely not something to run out and tell your friends to see. I would take it as a nice, edible RomCom that guys can watch with their ladies without the need for coffee to keep them awake. Would I recommend seeing this in the theater? Probably not, but it isn't exactly bad either, just a strangely mediocre movie that cannot figure out what it is, or what it is trying to do.
Review taken from www.SpicyMovieDogs.com