There's no such thing as a "critic-proof" movie.
With millions of parents around the country staring down the barrel of the gun that is "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel," it sometimes seems as if we live in a godless universe where the combined powers of children and marketers turn movies into irresistible forces. Over at Slate's "Browbeat" blog, Eric Hynes takes a quick look at 2009's apparently critic-proof films -- those that crunched out an average score of 40 or less (out of 100) on review aggregator Metacritic but scared up more than $100 million at the box office. Four qualify so far: "Paul Blart: Mall Cop," "Couples Retreat," "G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra" and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen." (Barely above them on the score average, and making even more, are movies like "Twilight: New Moon" and "Angels and Demons.") "Transformers" has wormed its way into the public's heart for whatever foregone reason, and the...
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