The Proposal

Structure: Entertainment:

Confused story engine: Ryan Reynold’s character starts out as the Main Character, but then halfway through gets replaced by Sandra Bullock’s character. As a consequence it becomes confusing as to who’s shoes we are supposed to be standing in, and thus we don’t care one way or the other how it all ends up. You get to see them naked together though.

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