Hancock isn't by any means a dead loss, but it could have been a lot better.
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07/10/08
Hancock (2008)
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Reviews Counted:36
Fresh:13
Rotten:23
Average Rating:5.1/10
Consensus: Though it begins with promise, Hancock suffers from a flimsy narrative and poor execution.
Australian Theatrical Release:
Jul 3, 2008 Wide
US Box Office: $227,946,274
Synopsis: There are heroes… there are superheroes… and then there’s Hancock (Will Smith). With great power comes great responsibility – everyone knows that – everyone, that is, but Hancock. Edgy, conflicted,... [More]
Starring: Will Smith, Jason Bateman, Charlize Theron, Eddie Marsan
Director: Peter Berg
Reviews for Hancock
1 - 15 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticI love surprises and would happily be led up the garden path with Will Smith, but there's a fatal flaw to Hancock, with alien-sized plot holes and worse still, characters behaving out of context.
06/28/08
Top CriticA clumsily executed, forgettable mess that's too dark for kids, too dull for teens and too dumb for adults
06/28/08
Top CriticIt becomes an entirely different film, one not really premised on the bad-superhero comedy idea, and the film is then oddly without a sense of humour, and its vague interest in satire vanishes completely.
10/18/08
Top CriticIt’s definitely a mish-mash, but really good performances.
07/14/08
Top CriticSee-saws between straight superhero movie and parody, with layers of soap-opera fudge in between. A lot of solid scenes - but Hancock lacks the power of super-coherence.
07/04/08
Top CriticThe problem is that director Peter Berg, aided and abetted by Smith and Theron and third banana Jason Bateman, seem to have made it literally, not realizing its out-of-whack tonalities and grotesque plot twists were meant to be played for laughs.
07/02/08
Top CriticHancock makes for one unexpectedly satisfying and kinky addition to Hollywood’s superhero chronicles.
07/02/08
Top CriticA new movie that makes the previous pandemonium seem downright restrained.
07/01/08
Top CriticHancock is a lot of fun, if perhaps a little top-heavy with stuff being destroyed.
07/01/08
Top CriticIt's a strange feeling to see the summer's most promising premise self-destruct into something bizarre and unsatisfying, but that is the Hancock experience.
07/01/08
Top CriticWhat starts out with a sense of quirky fun loses direction and devolves into a mishmash of story lines.
07/01/08
Top CriticHancock suggests new visual directions and emotional tonalities for pop. It’s by far the most enjoyable big movie of the summer.
06/30/08
Top CriticSadly, the bar is set too high and the movie implodes under the weight of its own ambitions.
06/26/08
Top CriticThis misguided attempt to wring a novel twist on the superhero genre has a certain whiff of The Last Action Hero about it.
06/24/08
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Latest News for Hancock
September 11, 2009:
Will Smith and Charlize Theron on Board for Hancock Sequel 
We've already heard that a "Hancock" sequel is in development; now Peter Berg tells MTV that "everybody's going to come back." More...
August 28, 2009:
Weekly Ketchup: Hancock Sequel Script Started, Bioshock Scaled Back
We are firmly in the dog days of Summer, as Hollywood sneaks a couple of end of the menu horror movies into theaters, and movie news this week came to a near standstill. There... More...
August 25, 2009:
Columbia Hires Hancock Sequel Scribes
Looks like Peter Berg's recent comments about a "Hancock" sequel weren't just idle speculation: Columbia has hired scribes Adam Fierro and Glen Mazzara to write the script for a... More...
August 19, 2009:
Peter Berg Talks Hancock Sequel
There aren't any definite plans yet, but if a "Hancock" sequel ever comes to pass, Peter Berg has a few ideas about where the story might lead. More...
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