Fact: Critics don’t get beaten down by god–awful movies (they can be fun—hello,
Showgirls!). The ones that kill are the bland ones, the by–the–numbers movies that studios grind out like toxic sausage. The latest cinematic definition of insipid is
The Proposal, a romantic comedy so numbing it feels like Novocaine.
(Watch Peter Travers' video review of The Proposal.) Sandra Bullock is 44, but her high spirits and genuine comic skills appear to be ageless. So why cast her as a hardass Manhattan