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Hancock (2008)

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41

Average Rating: 5.4/10
Reviews Counted: 216
Fresh: 88 | Rotten: 128

Though it begins with promise, Hancock suffers from a flimsy narrative and poor execution.

31

Average Rating: 4.9/10
Critic Reviews: 45
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 31

Though it begins with promise, Hancock suffers from a flimsy narrative and poor execution.

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Average Rating: 3.7/5
User Ratings: 485,680

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Movie Info

A hard-drinking lush finds himself thrust into superhero mode in director Peter Berg's unconventional look at the private life of a crime-fighter. Will Smith stars as the embittered do-gooder whose lifestyle is more akin to a rock star than a role model, and who has grown as disillusioned with his once-admiring public as they have of him. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

PG-13,

Drama, Action & Adventure, Comedy

Vy Vincent Ngo, Vince Gilligan

Nov 25, 2008

$227.9M

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All Critics (220) | Top Critics (45) | Fresh (90) | Rotten (134) | DVD (21)

The strain of messianism in Will Smith movies is becoming ever more pronounced.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor
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Train wrecks are intrinsically spectacular, and Will Smith's new movie offers a doozy. Two of them, in fact.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: CNN.com | Comments (3)
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It's definitely a mish-mash, but really good performances.

July 14, 2008 | Comments (5)
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As popcorn movies go, this is fleet, funny, and even thoughtful: its central question, nicely underplayed by director Peter Berg, is why power and altruism never seem to intersect.

July 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader
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The 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.

July 2, 2008 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comments (3)
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Can someone explain how this high-concept dud nabbed a coveted Fourth of July opening?

July 2, 2008 Full Review Source: Time Out New York | Comments (4)
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Hancock is what happens when you have talented people working on quality material: it's really a no-brainer that it works so well.

October 14, 2012 Full Review Source: TheShiznit.co.uk
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Kicks into tired oh-it-sucks-to-have-superpowers territory and opens up a can of racial issues it has no intention of investigating

August 26, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion
CinePassion

I have no problem signing on to recommend this. Get it? Signing on...John Hancock... nevermind.

August 3, 2009 Full Review Source: 3BlackChicks Review | Comments (2)
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When the credits roll and you see two screenwriters listed, the first thing that occurs is, 'did they write a half each?'

May 12, 2009 Full Review Source: SFX Magazine | Comment (1)
SFX Magazine

A few actors such as Clint Eastwood, marry substance and popularity. But very few. Most actors' egos lead them to slum in the box office. I'm reminded of this often when a major, talented actor opts for popularity instead of substance when the latter beck

February 1, 2009 Full Review Source: Fayetteville Free Weekly | Comments (2)
Fayetteville Free Weekly

...an engaging and thoroughly innovative spin on the superhero genre...

November 28, 2008 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews
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A superhero movie with soul, a magically endowed boozer, and quirky chemistry fueled between those two dramatic heavyweights, Will Smith and Charlize Theron, who go at it like Hillary and Obama duking it out at a presidential primary.

November 23, 2008 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze
NewsBlaze

Will Smith as an unlikable alcoholic superhero in need of Alcoholics Anonymous, anger management and a new image.

November 22, 2008 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze
NewsBlaze

What an odd movie!

November 21, 2008 Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium
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Audience Reviews for Hancock

I had somewhat low expectations going in but Will Smith again proved to me he can carry a movie with his acting and charm. He has come a long way from Fresh Prince of Bel Air. A good movie with good laughs good action.
January 4, 2009
jmanard52

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A superhero movie that lacks its potential form of "super". Hancock is a predictable film that has the spark but doesn't have the fire. No doubt, Will Smith, as well as the special effects, is outstanding in every way, but the film's familiar storyline and lackluster twists is just as a bummer and mess as the protagonist himself. 3/5
May 6, 2013
Eugene Bernabe

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    1. Hancock: I will fight crime butt-ass naked before I fight it in that, Ray.
    – Submitted by Mark H (11 months ago)
    1. Hancock: You'd better not hit me with that truck!
    – Submitted by Danny S (12 months ago)
    1. Boy at Bus Bench: Hancock!
    2. Hancock: What, boy?
    3. Boy at Bus Bench: Bad guys.
    4. Hancock: What, you want a cookie? Get the hell out my face.
    5. Boy at Bus Bench: Asshole.
    6. Hancock: What?
    7. Boy at Bus Bench: You heard me.
    – Submitted by Rocky F (14 months ago)
    1. Michel: Asshole.
    2. Hancock: [leans in close to Michel] Call me an asshole one more time.
    3. Michel: Asshole.
    4. Hancock: [grabs Michel and launches him into the sky; turns to chubby kid] You got a problem Thickness? [chubby kid shakes his head; turns to kid with glasses]
    5. Hancock: How about you Goggles? [kid with glasses shakes his head]
    – Submitted by Kerwin M (18 months ago)
    1. Hancock: Gotta wonder, though. What kind of bastard must I have been, that nobody was there to claim me? I mean, I'm... I'm not the most charming guy in the world, so I've been told, but... nobody?
    – Submitted by Chris P (2 years ago)
    1. Red: Upon us all, Hancock. You're no different. Time to shut her down, Hancock. It's been a nice run. Oh, we are all sincerely gonna miss you. But it is time for you to move on. And maybe to a happier place. You can thank me if you want to... superhero.
    – Submitted by Chris P (2 years ago)

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January 19, 2012:
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