Smith is more likable the less he tries to make us like him.
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12/17/08
Seven Pounds (2008)
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Reviews Counted:172
Fresh:47
Rotten:125
Average Rating:4.6/10
Consensus: Grim and morose, Seven Pounds is also undone by an illogical plot.
Australian Rating: TBC
Genre: Dramas
Australian Theatrical Release:
Jan 8, 2009 Wide
US Box Office: $69,951,824
Synopsis: Academy Award® nominee Will Smith reunites with the directors and producers of The Pursuit of Happyness for the emotional drama Seven Pounds. In the film, Smith plays Ben Thomas, an IRS agent with... [More]
Starring: Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Barry Pepper
Director: Gabriele Muccino
Reviews for Seven Pounds
Spiritual redemption is not a typical Hollywood theme, but this Will Smith movie shows it can be done.
12/17/08
Intricately constructed so as to infuriate anyone predominantly guided by rationality and intellect.
12/17/08
Top CriticThroughout Seven Pounds, Smith looks tired and drawn but not half as weary as audiences who subject themselves to this, the year’s least-enjoyable movie concept.
12/17/08
Sappy and convoluted.
12/17/08
Odd couple: America's funnyman Carrey plays a depressed divorced bank loan officer who has given up on life, and the world's most popular star plays a depressed and tormented IRS agent whose Christ-like mission is to save suffering people from misery
12/17/08
Even by the standards of gotcha flicks, Seven Pounds seems especially somnolent and pretentious.
12/17/08
Though the film can ultimately be faulted for pulling its punches...simply having the courage to indulge in some very risky conceits at holiday time, particularly during harsh economic conditions -- merits Smith and his colleagues enormous kudos.
12/17/08
Looking like he hasn't shaved in days, and wearing the same suit day after day, Smith is playing the Hollywood version of worn and weary.
12/17/08
It's only Smith's performance that makes the tears worth crying.
12/17/08
An emotional movie at the most emotional time of the year, it works to keep its secrets. But more importantly, when the tears do come, it has earned them.
12/17/08
And then there's also much ado about an allegedly poisonous computer-generated jellyfish.
12/17/08
Director Gabriele Muccino seems to think he's in Ingmar Bergman territory, but he's actually made the longest, most dour episode of My Name is Earl imaginable.
12/16/08
Dispiritingly obvious and phony from top to bottom
12/16/08
Latest News for Seven Pounds
January 16, 2009:
UK Critics Consensus: The Wrestler Pile-drives The Critics, But Don’t Waste any £s on Seven Pounds
With critical success for Slumdog Millionaire last week (94%), we have more award-friendly fare in the UK cinemas this Friday in Darren Aronofsky's spandex-tastic The Wrestler.... More...
December 28, 2008:
Box Office Guru Wrapup: Marley Takes #1, The Spirit Tanks
This weekend people were in the mood for movies over Christmas weekend as multiplexes were jam-packed with customers that powered four different new releases to more than $30M... More...
December 22, 2008:
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December 21, 2008:
Smith, in his typical impressive pressure cooker character fashion, is a nervous wreck suicidal IRS agent who raises pet jellyfish, and seems to enjoy harassing when not stalking his clients. Paging Dr. Kevorkian.
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