The Great Sandra Bullock Project

Everything you were afraid to ask about a website dedicated to reviewing every single Sandra Bullock movie. Yes, every single one.

I almost can’t believe I spent my “You can’t She’s All That Sandra Bullock” argument on Miss Congeniality. YOU 👏 CAN’T 👏 SHE’S-ALL-THAT 👏 SANDRA 👏 BULLOCK. See, I was even nice enough to omit a couple of claps and used hyphens instead.

But, I’m gonna steal the next sentence from the Miss Congeniality review: This movie was built around a ridiculous premise that, somehow, nobody finds Sandra Bullock attractive because she’s a bit of a nerd. Yup, she’s not a tomboy, she’s a nerd. Big whoop.

I will admit, this movie ground multiple of my gears. The main character is just not likeable. He visits fortune tellers, he takes weird potions from them. I don’t care if they work or not, he should know better. But let’s skip to the plot.

Now THIS is a movie. First rewatch on this list, and totally worth it. I don’t even know where to start. Just watch it. Even if you did, watch it again, right now. I’ll wait.

This movie is visionary. It’s Mr. Robot before it was cool. There’s hacking, there’s working from home, there’s phishing and identity theft, and they invent the word “simp”. Well, Sandra does!

There’s a LOT going on in this movie.

This movie was built around a ridiculous premise that, somehow, nobody finds Sandra Bullock attractive because she’s a bit of a tomboy.

She plays a badass FBI agent that doesn’t take shit from anyone. Unfortunately, being a smart, resourceful agent is not enough. Everyone keeps ignoring her because she’s a woman, and not into making herself look pretty. AS IF SHE HAS TO TRY. That’s a plot hole, if there ever was one. You can’t She’s All That Sandra Bullock! Come on Hollywood, you should know better.

Depicted: Behind the scenes - Sandra explaining to Hugh how insufferable he is.

This movie is a paint-by-numbers romantic comedy, except for one thing - Hugh Grant somehow manages to be the most despicable person in a movie that features Donald Trump. This throws shade on the playful “will they won’t they” plot because you really start rooting for the “pls no” option.

Miss Congeniality was a masterpiece, but how does the sequel compare? It’s up there! I was afraid that they’ll just rehash the formula from the first movie, but they didn’t. They changed the formula, and it worked.

This short is a tie-in with Gravity. Some dude’s dream comes true when Sandra calls him on the phone. It’s just 5 minutes long and can’t be judged using the same criteria as the rest of the movies. But it can’t be rated lower than 10/10 because it adds additional depth and lore to the main movie. Which is freaking amazing!

This movie is not reviewable. People tried, and they failed. Commenting on the story, nitpicking the tiny technical details the movie got wrong (looking at you, Neil deGrasse Tyson), or picking the characters and their motivations apart, is missing the point.

It’s a feeling set in space, accompanied by an orchestra. It’s sad, it’s beautiful, it’s human.

And it kills off unnecessary characters quickly so that Sandra can do her magic. Sorry Clooney, it’s Sandra Bullock’s space, we are just living in it.