The Blind Side (2009)

Based on the book by Michael Lewis, spunky Memphis mama Sandra Bullock (in a one-note performance) and her family adopt a black kid, and football success ensues in a big-budget version of a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie. Michael Oher is reduced to a mute.

d: John Lee Hancock | imdb.com | trailer | New room | Lunch

The Proposal (2009)

Sandra Bullock forces assistant Ryan Reynolds to marry her, so she won’t be deported to her native Canada in a throwback to the romantic comedies of the 1930s. But there’s too much sentiment and not enough chemistry or comedy between Bullock and Reynolds.

d: Anne Fletcher | imdb.com | trailer | We’re getting married.