Average Rating: 5.4/10
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Fresh: 85 | Rotten: 128
Though it begins with promise, Hancock suffers from a flimsy narrative and poor execution.
Average Rating: 5/10
Critic Reviews: 40
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 27
Though it begins with promise, Hancock suffers from a flimsy narrative and poor execution.
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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
Jun 16, 2008 Wide
Nov 25, 2008
$227.9M
Columbia Pictures
All Critics (217) | Top Critics (40) | Fresh (87) | Rotten (134) | DVD (21)
The strain of messianism in Will Smith movies is becoming ever more pronounced.
Train wrecks are intrinsically spectacular, and Will Smith's new movie offers a doozy. Two of them, in fact.
It's definitely a mish-mash, but really good performances.
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.
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.
As soon as the hero becomes another wounded demigod brooding on rooftops, the movie loses its sting.
Kicks into tired oh-it-sucks-to-have-superpowers territory and opens up a can of racial issues it has no intention of investigating
I have no problem signing on to recommend this. Get it? Signing on...John Hancock... nevermind.
When the credits roll and you see two screenwriters listed, the first thing that occurs is, 'did they write a half each?'
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
...an engaging and thoroughly innovative spin on the superhero genre...
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.
Will Smith as an unlikable alcoholic superhero in need of Alcoholics Anonymous, anger management and a new image.
What an odd movie!
Like the main character, Hancock has an identity crisis.
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, 2009Super Reviewer
I was suprised that Will Smith could execute bad guy to be honest. Although there is bad chemistry between Will and Charlize and the dull ridiculous plotline following the two of them "discovering" each other, it wasn't that bad.
October 28, 2011
Super Reviewer
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