2009 · comedy · romance
The Proposal (2009)
Directed by Anne Fletcher1h 48m2009
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.
Our read: The Proposal (2009) (2009) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / romance, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
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