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The Proposition

One man gave up everything he owned. The other, everything he believed in.

DramaRomance1h 50m

🍅86%

🍅

86%

Tomatometer

🍿

85%

Popcornmeter

5.9

TMDB

Storyline

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.

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Details

DirectorLesli Linka Glatter

ReleasedMar 26, 1998

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

$147.8K

Parental guideRUS

Studios

Interscope Communications

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

Cast

Madeleine Stowe

Madeleine Stowe

Eleanor Barret

Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh

Father Michael McKinnon

William Hurt

William Hurt

Arthur Barret

Robert Loggia

Robert Loggia

Hannibal Thurman

Blythe Danner

Blythe Danner

Syril Danning

Ken Cheeseman

Ken Cheeseman

Wayne Fenton

Dee Nelson

Dee Nelson

Susan Vicar

Pamela Hart

Pamela Hart

Skip Taylor

Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris

Roger Martin

Josef Sommer

Josef Sommer

Dryer

Dossy Peabody

Dossy Peabody

Hannibal's Secretary

Wendy Feign

Wendy Feign

Maid

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Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

7 fresh · 0 rotten

Critics consensus

“Brutal, unflinching, and violent, but thought-provoking and with excellent performances, this Australian western is the one of the best examples of the genre to come along in recent times.”

86% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

J

J. R. Jones

RTChicago ReaderJul 14, 2022

Directed by John Hillcoat, this Aussie feature perfectly re-creates the charbroiled landscapes and cruel psychodrama of the old Sergio Leone westerns...

B

Brian Tallerico

RTUGOMar 24, 2007

Any movie that can cling to your memory with as much brutal power as this fantastic film is unquestionably a proposition worth taking.

B

Ben Walters

RTTime OutJun 24, 2006

A beautifully shot tracker's western that brings the Fordian poles of garden and desert to bear on the bushrangers' Outback, this is also a revenge drama of substantial horror.

P

Patrick Cavanaugh

RTThe Wolfman ComethSep 11, 2025

A grim, grisly, and gorgeous spin on the Western genre.

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Information

Title

The Proposition

Released

Mar 26, 1998

Rated

R

Region of Origin

United States of America

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 50m

Status

Released

Studios

Interscope Communications, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

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