Which 2009 romantic comedy stars Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds?

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The 2009 romantic comedy starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds is The Proposal.

Bullock plays Margaret Tate, a demanding New York book editor who faces deportation to Canada after her visa problems are exposed. To keep her job and remain in the United States, she announces that she is engaged to her assistant, Andrew Paxton, played by Reynolds. The pair must convince immigration officials that their relationship is genuine.

Their rushed arrangement takes them to Andrew’s family home in Alaska, where Margaret meets his relatives and the fake engagement becomes increasingly difficult to separate from genuine affection. Anne Fletcher directed the film from a screenplay by Peter Chiarelli. Betty White, Mary Steenburgen, and Craig T. Nelson appear in supporting roles.

The Proposal is sometimes confused with The Ugly Truth, another late-2000s romantic comedy starring a major actress and a male romantic lead. In The Ugly Truth, Bullock stars opposite Gerard Butler; Reynolds is the co-lead in The Proposal. The film became a major commercial success despite mixed critical reviews.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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