Train wrecks are intrinsically spectacular, and Will Smith's new movie offers a doozy. Two of them, in fact.
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10/18/08
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.
Theatrical Release:Jul 2, 2008 Wide
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
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Reviews for Hancock
Top CriticIt’s definitely a mish-mash, but really good performances.
07/14/08
Top CriticAs 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.
07/03/08
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 CriticThere's a great idea here, but it's buried within a muddled story that lurches between dark comedy and maudlin drama.
07/02/08
Top CriticSince The Pursuit of Happyness, actor-producer Smith has made no secret of his desire to make movies that entertain in that big-studio way but also dig deeper. Hancock is a rousing measure of that intent.
07/02/08
Top CriticAs delivered by director Peter Berg, Hancock is never as serious or funny or poignant as it could be. And despite clocking in at a reasonable running time, it has a big sag in the middle that nothing could have fixed.
07/02/08
Top CriticIt doesn't take itself as seriously as it should, and undercuts a final act that should have and so could have packed a mighty emotional wallop.
07/01/08
Top CriticPart of the joke lies in seeing a megawatt star embrace his inner grouch with fantastical blunders, and part of the anticipation lies in seeing Hancock become, well, Will Smith.
07/01/08
Top CriticA new movie that makes the previous pandemonium seem downright restrained.
07/01/08
Top CriticDirector Peter Berg knows the difference between cartoon violence and the real stuff, and Hancock mixes both to good effect.
07/01/08
Top CriticSmith's pictures deliver familiar pleasures; they work with efficiency but not inspiration, honoring the time-honored movie platitudes that will neither shock nor stretch an audience.
07/01/08
Top CriticHancock the jaunty, jokey riff on the screwed-up inner emotional life of a traditionally ironclad superhero becomes Hancock the icky lesson in the importance of personal responsibility, loyalty, and continued family togetherness.
07/01/08
Top CriticCredit must be paid to director Peter Berg for pulling off such a tricky balance of such diverse elements while delivering an impressive and affecting superhero adventure with as much heart and soul as sound and fury.
07/01/08
Top CriticThe superhero genre screams for a makeover, or at least a smart deconstruction, but Hancock isn't that movie. It just ups the foolishness ante.
07/01/08
Top CriticLeaving behind the laughs for schmaltz, Hancock chickens out at the last minute, lurching toward a cop-out happy ending that gives every indication of having been reshot at the behest of test audiences. Well, at least you won't be bored.
07/01/08
Top CriticAs for Smith, he's on fire. There's nothing like a star shining on his highest beams. You follow him anywhere.
07/01/08
Top CriticHancock is still worth seeing, if only for a glimpse of what might have been a truly innovative idea.
07/01/08
Top CriticHancock is a lot of fun, if perhaps a little top-heavy with stuff being destroyed.
07/01/08
Top CriticLatest News for Hancock
December 01, 2009:
Don't Hold Your Breath for Hancock 2 
Yes, Will Smith and Peter Berg are game for a "Hancock" sequel -- and just as importantly, so is the studio -- but it looks like scheduling could keep it from happening for awhile. More...
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...
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