The Proposal (2009)
Directed by Anne Fletcher
When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.
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The Story In a scene reminiscent of Meryl Streep's grand entry in In a scene reminiscent of Meryl Streep's grand entry in The Devil Wears Prada , the witchy, bitchy Margaret (Bullock) makes her way through the office as her employees cower in terror.
Bullock plays Margaret Tate, a hard-as-nails book editor in the vein of Meryl Streep's iconic Miranda Priestly from The Devil Wears Prada .
She's the poor man's Meryl Streep in her role as Margaret Tate, a New York book editor whose introduction tracks that of Streep's in The Devil Wears Prada, right down to the ridiculously complicated Starbucks order delivered by her servile assistant.
As Margaret gets to know Andrew's energetic clan -- especially his mother (the always affable Mary Steenburgen) and grandmother (White) -- she begins to shed her icy exterior and look at Andrew as much more than just a latte-fetching flunky.Bullock initially channels a bit of Meryl Streep's vicious boss in "The Devil Wears Prada" before breaking out of her shell in the film's second act.
"The Proposal" The first sighting of Sandra Bullock as forty-something Margaret Tate, book editor for a major publishing house in New York, is going to make the same impression on anyone who saw "The Devil Wears Prada" as Meryl Streep did.
She�s not in the league of bosses from hell Kevin Spacey in Swimming With Sharks or his female counterpart, Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada.
And look for a character named Ramone (Oscar Nunez), who will remind you of an element in "Local Hero."
There's exactly one (running) gag that is actually laugh worthy, embodied by "The Office's" Oscar Nuñez as Siska, Alaska's chief cook and bottle washer, but even that bit's ripped off from "Local Hero" (the film that keeps on giving).
The Danish thriller Just Another Love Story, directed by Ole Bornedal (Nightwatch), has a style like play-school Ingmar Bergman.
She�s not in the league of bosses from hell Kevin Spacey in Swimming With Sharks or his female counterpart, Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada.
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This is basically "Green Card" crossed with "The Devil Wears Prada," and don't think it wasn't pitched precisely that way at the studio meeting.
Margaret, who needs to avoid being deported to her native Canada because of one of those technicalities so beloved by screenwriters (see “Green Card”), blackmails the unwilling Andrew into marrying her so she can stay in the country.
And to screenwriter Pete Chiarelli, who hasn’t written anything before (at least not that’s been produced), but clearly, he has seen Green Card and Northern Exposure and figured that those two great tastes would go great together.
The premise is as old as The Taming of the Shrew--a sharp-tongued woman falls for a resourceful suitor who's gotten past her defenses--but it works just fine in this buoyant vehicle for Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, whose chemistry is a happy surprise.
Ramis, who has Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day and Caddyshack in his "win" column, co-wrote the screenplay with Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg of TV's The Office.
Ramis, who has Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day and Caddyshack in his "win" column, co-wrote the screenplay with Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg of TV's The Office.
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Ramis, who has Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day and Caddyshack in his "win" column, co-wrote the screenplay with Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg of TV's The Office.
I do my best not to, but it seems that Kristen Stewart in "Twilight," Julianne Moore in "Evolution" (ech) and Sandra Bullock in this movie do it all the time.