While You Were Sleeping

While You Were Sleeping

Hollywood Pictures etc.

April 21, 1995

Romcom
DVD
C-

I like Sandra Bullock, including in romcoms, but it's hard to get invested in a story where she "falls in love" with a man she's never actually met.  Jon Turteltaub directed, fifteen years before The Sorcerer's Apprentice.

The Proposal

The Proposal

Touchstone AKA Disney

June 19, 2009

Romcom

DVD
D+

I watched this all the way through in the theater at the time, because I was going to a lot of romcoms and because I like Sandra Bullock.  But this time I didn't care about her character or Ryan Reynolds's, and I certainly wasn't invested in them as a couple.  Anne Fletcher directed.

Premonition

Premonition

TriStar etc.

March 16, 2007

Mystery

DVD

C-

As in Practical Magic, Bullock plays a mother of two who's widowed in the first few minutes, but I didn't care as much about the story.  Mennan Yapo directed.

Practical Magic

Practical Magic

Village Roadshow Pictures etc.

October 16, 1998

Fantasy, Dramedy, Romance

DVD
C+

I kept rooting for this to be better than it is, because there are definitely elements I like: witchcraft, the setting of a small New England coastal town, the (mostly) all-female family, and the cast.  But it just didn't have, well, the magic it needed, in either the adaptation of Alice Hoffman's novel or in the direction by Griffin Dunne.

Our Brand Is Crisis

Our Brand Is Crisis

Warner Bros. etc.

October 30, 2015

Dramedy

DVD
D+

It was hard to care about any of these characters or the situation.  David Gordon Green directed.

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

Castle Rock Entertainment etc.

March 24, 2005

Crime Comedy
DVD
C

I saw both Miss C movies in the theater at the time and enjoyed them more then.  (If there's anything this project has taught me is that popcorn and other perks of cinematic viewing generally make it more pleasurable than home viewing, but watching at home is obviously easier, especially during Covid.)  I own the 2000 movie on VHS and gave it a B-.  I gave this a half hour today, rooting for it to click, but it just didn't.  Still, yeah, I have definitely seen worse movies in this project.  John Pasquin directed.

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Warner Bros.
December 25, 2011
Drama
DVD
D

An unlikable little boy loses his lying father to 9/11.  This is based on the Jonathan Safran Foer novel and directed by Stephen Daldry.