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The Proposal (2009)

★ 7.1 · 7,423 ratings on TMDB

Here comes the bribe...

The Proposal poster★ 7.1

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.

DirectorAnne Fletcher
CastAasif Mandvi, Betty White, Craig T. Nelson, Denis O'Hare, Malin Åkerman, Mary Steenburgen
GenresComedy, Drama, Romance
The emergence reading

The Proposal keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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