Movie Review: The Proposal
By Kailyn Hart
Contributing Writer
The Proposal, featuring Hollywood’s newest comedic duo Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, proved to be way more than the average chick flick. With a "here comes the Bribe" theme, this film is a reality for some Americans.
The movie is about a heartless, powerful Canadian woman who bribes her eager young assistant to marry her in leui of recent deportation scare. The two-hour-long romantic comedy had audiences laughing out loud as Head Editor-in –Chief, Margaret Tate (Bullock) bullies her way into her assistant, Andrew Paxton's (Reynolds), heart.
Although Tate controlled Paxton in the beginning of the movie, the roles begin to turn when Paxton is informed about the prison time and a quarter-million fine he will get if he is charged with matrimonial fraud. He demands a promotion and public release of his ‘special’ book. Tate agrees and they fly off to the plush Paxton family residence in Sitnak, Alaska.
Then, like most romantic comedies, the two fall in love in three days. The most interesting part is how they fall in love.
Although the movie seems like another romantic dream for chicks to fantasize about, it touched on a controversial issue that Americans are torn over.
Just a few weeks ago, Americans watched while hundreds of voters and non-voters protested for immigration reform as President Obama and Congress debated on what America should do about illegal aliens.
The reform would grant close to 12 million illegal immigrants citizenship in the United States. Some of these people have jobs in America, and/or children who were born in the United States.
In The Proposal , Tate has a high powered job that she is passionate about with an income that provides her to live among upper-Eastside Manhattan socialites.
For foreigners like Tate, a quick marriage to a U.S. citizen is a quick fix to a problem that may take up to 10 years to solve.
Depending on the circumstances, some residents might find themselves torn if the situation happens to them.
“If someone paid me to marry them I would definitely do it,” said Christian Fuller, 23, a Washington, DC resident. “They would have to make it worth all the trouble though, you feel me.”
“I would marry a friend, if they were afraid of being deported,” said Briana Frost, Californian tourist. She also said that if the deportation officer was hounding her and her pending fiancée like in the movie, she would reconsider. “I’ll tell [my friend] send me a postcard.”
“No amount of money or promotional bribe would get me to commit a felony,” said Jamelle Lacey, Maryland resident. “I won’t go to jail for anybody.”
Despite constant hounding from the deportation agent and fights with his father, in the end the assistant Paxton chooses to stick to his promise.
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