I propose 1 more re-write, but it'll do

Rating: 5/10 (7 January 2010)

I am not sure if I want to start with the positives or negatives for The Proposal. Okay, I will start with the negatives to get them out of the way, but please stay with me for the silver lining.
I'm sure myself and (even without reading the obvious countless other reviews from) the many other critics, will agree with the following words to describe The Proposal: unoriginal, obvious/predictable, practically minimal chemistry and virtually plot less. This story is a hundred years old, and each time I see it, I just sit back and wait and wait and wait for the obligatory "Oh, we really do like each other!" scene. I mean, do they even try anymore?
Whew, now that typical (especially for me) negative review's out of the way, I can say this wasn't really that bad. Well, yeah, it was low brow, but not as much as it could've been. I want to say, first off, that I see that it made an astonishing $314+ million worldwide and $164 million stateside in its theatrical run. Normally, that would anger me due to the quality of entertainment. Strangely, it made me happy here.
America (and a lot of the world) has spoken. They were entertained. I am glad they make movies like this. Not all films can be perfect 5 star and thoughtful films; not all can be trashy 1 star films. There has to be a group of no-brain movies like The Proposal to please the average movie-goer. And since it wasn't the worst movie, barely did it make me cringe, I'm glad they make these, fine, I'll say "light-hearted" romances.
Bitchy-career woman Margaret (Bullock) is about to be deported to, ah-hem, Canada, unless she gets hitched. She immediately pulls 3-year "Smithers" assistant Andrew (Reynolds) in as her finance. No one, except his family, believes them – and this is one of the best aspects I liked of the movie: they didn't dance around the "secret" from her staff, bosses or the INS guy.
The "new" couple go to Alaska to visit Andrew's family, namely for Grandma's (White) 90th birthday bash. Here City Slicker Margaret has to obviously and predictably adjust to small town/island/strong family values, including an average guy stripper, the longer-sunlit days and a dog even just for a weekend until she gets back to NYC to have the green-card interviews. Hopefully, they'll pass so Andrew doesn't go to jail or her to Canada!
Lovely Alaskan scenery, Betty White being fun (aside from the fire-dance,) some nice revelations from Bullock in the closing and 1 (ONE) scene that made me laugh – Bullock & Reynolds coming up with their proposal story, made this movie worth one viewing. If you're in the mood for light-entertainment and a movie to completely dull your senses, you might like it.