Hancock endures by finding the right rhythm to match its star, and by lashing enough amusing moments together to provide a trim 92 minutes of entertainment.
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07/08/08
Hancock (2008)
35 %
Reviews Counted: 176 Fresh: 62 Rotten:114 Average Rating: 5.3/10
Consensus:
Though it begins with promise, Hancock suffers from a flimsy narrative and poor execution.
Rated: Rating Pending
Theatrical Release: Jul 2, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $103,877,446
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, sarcastic, and misunderstood, Hancock’s well-intentioned heroics might get the job done... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Will Smith, Jason Bateman, Charlize Theron, Eddie Marsan
Director: Peter Berg
Screenwriter: Vy Vincent Ngo, Vince Gilligan
Producer: Akiva Goldsman, Michael Mann, Will Smith, James Lassiter
Screenwriter: Vy Vincent Ngo, Vince Gilligan
Producer: Akiva Goldsman, Michael Mann, Will Smith, James Lassiter
Reviews
'What are those jammin' sounds? Is it a musical jetstream of crunk?''No, it's Hancock on approach! Use runway Six Left, Hancock! All jiggy for landing!'
07/08/08
Smith's invincibilty at the box office may come down, for this film is a mess. Not even his charm and personality can save this train wreck.
07/08/08
There are more problems afoot than just its misleading rating, beginning with the story itself.
07/07/08
The structure of Hancock is a bold risk that supplies more storytelling ambition than your more typical summer popcorn blockbuster.
07/07/08
Hancock tries to reinvent the superhero movie - until it loses interest in its own story.
07/07/08
Fatally compromised (but) ambitious and clever... It reminds us of the way majority America treats black men in particular, with a humiliating mistrust that's never far behind the admiration expressed for those who 'earn' approval through their talents...
07/07/08
After a frenetic and funny first half, 'Hancock' falls apart, devolving into a sentimentalized and scattershot piece short on integrity and sense.
07/07/08
A strange hybrid of a movie; a film that never congeals and is the first misstep that I can recall Smith making since he refused to kiss Eric Thal on screen in Six Degrees of Separation 15 years ago.
07/07/08
It feels like a couple of reels are missing... devoting an enjoyable first hour to our dirtbag crusader's unlikable antiheroics, before jumping to the conclusion without benefit of a second act.
07/06/08
It's certainly the most complexly ornery superhero flick we're likely to get this summer.
07/06/08
The special effects feel rather synthetic for a big-time summer blockbuster. When the smoke finally clears Hancock emerges as just another routine riff on the superhero genre
07/06/08
An interesting idea, but it falls a bit short of being a compelling story.
07/06/08
While by no means a perfect film, I still found a lot to enjoy here. There have been at least two dozen superhero movies in the last six or seven years. It's kind of nice to see one that looks at things from the other side of the coin.
07/06/08
With only an inter-personal story driving the picture, this becomes a sorry case of big concept, small movie.
07/06/08
Uma variação interessante sobre um gênero que vem surgindo com freqüência cada vez maior nas telas... e ver um super-herói massacrado pelo peso de sua responsabilidade é um conceito que, por si só, já merece aplausos.
07/05/08
While it may rake in big bucks, it's definitely not toppling the likes of Iron Man and Batman...
07/05/08
... the bottom line is that, as far as botched movies go, Hancock is a painless way to pass a couple of hours enjoying a mindless summer popcorn movie.
07/04/08
...a tale of redemption hard-won, and all the more rewarding for that.
07/04/08
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