Sandra Bullock Should Have Said No to The Proposal

Sandra Bullock has loads of screen appeal. Now if she could just find a good vehicle for it

Ryan Renolds and Sandra Bullock star in The Proposal

If Hollywood were to crown a king and queen of nice movie stars, Sandra Bullock would be on a throne next to Tom Hanks. She's been a headliner since the mid-1990s (she turns 45 in July) without incurring the hatred or envy of the town's rapier-tongued gossips. Apparently she is kind to children, dogs and the little people on the set. Onscreen, Bullock personifies the wholesome, working-class common sense of the ideal friend or girlfriend. From her first hits, Speed and While You Were Sleeping , she knew how to get laughs and produce tears with equal, unforced agility. And with Julia...

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