You won't be disappointed!

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

but it might be best to watch this stinker for laughs. After seeing the distinguished cast list, I was prepared for something much better. Five minutes into the "drama", I was wondering if this was actually a Christopher Guest satiric interpretation of a romantic movie. What a hoot!No expense was apparently spared on the photography, costumes, locations and scenery - all are beautiful.Hate to be cynical but I can only surmise that some Hollywood pay-off was involved here, along the lines of if you will direct/appear in/produce this for my girlfriend/boyfriend/niece/nephew/whatever, I will do the same for you.

Did not catch the movie at the beginning, but what drew me to stay was the music. I very much enjoyed the music and the movie. William Hurt is an excellent actor and the storyline of the loves, entwined among the various characters was very moving. The writers did a superb job of portraying real love in a tasteful way, without using explicit sex scenes. I would very much like to see this movie again and perhaps, if available, buy the DVD. Would also like to know more about the music composer and if the music is available to purchase. I came to this site through Google to find out more about the movie. I started with a biography on William Hurt and the movies he played in, as I had failed to catch the name of the movie. The movie was played on IFC thru Direct TV (Satellite). I seldom go to the movie theater, but enjoy watching movies at home.

This is a movie that seems to have been adapted from an Andrew Greeley semi erotic novel instead of having been written for the screen by Rick Ramage. As directed by Lesli Linka Glatter, "The Proposition" is a film that deserves to be forgotten, at best.If you haven't seen the film, please stop reading here.The premise of the film seems to be that privilege doesn't buy happiness, which is the theme of many a melodrama. We meet the happily married Barrets, a wealthy, but childless couple from Boston in the early part of the last century. Arthur is wealthy; he provides Eleanor, his wife, with all the things she desires, except the child, he is unable to give her.Enter young Roger Martin. He is asked to be the surrogate person that will give Eleanor her child. Roger and Eleanor have to meet twice in order to get her in the family way, but alas, whatever comes so easy, ends up in tragedy, as dictated by the soap opera lexicon. Never fear, as devout Catholics, the Barrets are introduced to the newly arrived Father McKinnon, a young, handsome priest. We find out this young prelate is in reality Arthur's nephew! It's surprising that at this point no amnesia is introduced to any one of the characters. Well, Eleanor and Father Michael find they have a lot in common including a passion that consume and will destroy them! Their love produce twins that are seen at the end of the film going with their great uncle to the altar as he is going to receive communion from the real father of the boys.One wonders what is Kenneth Branagh doing in this thing? One of the best English actors of his generation hasn't had much luck with his American film ventures and one would like to suggest to him to be careful in future roles like this Father McKinnon. This is a film that will be cherished by lovers of soap opera and hated by others that might stumble into this movie thinking it's better, based on the names of the people involved in it. Watch it at your own risk.

The script of Rick Ramage has so many turns and twists that the story looks like a mixture of real life and a religious novel. This gives the movie a certain quality. At the other hand one is surprised by some human reactions f.i. the reaction of William Hurt (Arthur Barett) at the end. The end is so strange. The actor Kenneth Branagh (father Michael McKinnon) gives a more value to the movie. I think that one must be a catholic to really understand the complexities of the movie involving the problem of couples not having children and the significance of marriage and above all the importance of purity for priests.