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The Proposition
“One man gave up everything he owned. The other, everything he believed in.”
60%
Movie
1h 50m
AI Analysis
The Proposition (1998) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Proposition (1998) — a movie tagged as Drama and Romance with emotional moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: Father Michael McKinnon goes from the UK to Boston circa 1935. For unknown reasons, he avoids at all costs the most prominent parishioners, Arthur and Eleanor Barret. Meanwhile Eleanor and Arthur desperately want to have a child, but Arthur is sterile, so they hire Harvard law student Roger Martin to impregnate Elea… Our models also surface themes such as family from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night. Expect steady storytelling (~110 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Proposition 60% (39 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
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from 39 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Father Michael McKinnon goes from the UK to Boston circa 1935. For unknown reasons, he avoids at all costs the most prominent parishioners, Arthur and Eleanor Barret. Meanwhile Eleanor and Arthur desperately want to have a child, but Arthur is sterile, so they hire Harvard law student Roger Martin to impregnate Eleanor, but unfortunately Roger falls in love with her.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1998-03-26
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- TMDB rating
- 6.0
- TMDB ID
- 32144
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What is The Proposition about?
Father Michael McKinnon goes from the UK to Boston circa 1935. For unknown reasons, he avoids at all costs the most prominent parishioners, Arthur and Eleanor Barret. Meanwhile Eleanor and Arthur d... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for The Proposition?
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How long is the movie The Proposition?
The official runtime for The Proposition is approximately 110 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast

Madeleine Stowe
Eleanor Barret

Kenneth Branagh
Father Michael McKinnon

William Hurt
Arthur Barret

Robert Loggia
Hannibal Thurman

Blythe Danner
Syril Danning

Ken Cheeseman
Wayne Fenton

Dee Nelson
Susan Vicar

Pamela Hart
Skip Taylor

Neil Patrick Harris
Roger Martin

Josef Sommer
Dryer

Dossy Peabody
Hannibal's Secretary

Wendy Feign
Maid

Thomas Downey
Torrey Harrington
- B
Bronia Wheeler
Sister Mary Frances
- J
Jim Chiros
Timothy

Tom Kemp
Arthur's Chauffeur
- F
Frank Toste
Frank

David Byrd
Dr. Jenkins
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