It is a complex movie, but also an absorbing and moving one - and in truth Will Smith does bring an extra dose of class that helps it succeed.
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01/16/09
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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.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:Dec 19, 2008 Wide
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
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Reviews for Seven Pounds
Seven Pounds is Will trying to be weighty but unlike The Pursuit Of Happyness (also directed by Muccino) it doesn’t work.
01/16/09
Seven Pounds compounds the schmaltz in a tale of goody-goody benefaction and glutinous redemption, whose plot the distributors mercifully injunct us from revealing.
01/16/09
Soppy romance and excruciating piety cling to the film like bindweed, summoning the ghost of sobfest Pay It Forward, with the divine parallels of self-sacrifice taken to extremes of righteous absurdity.
01/16/09
mith’s charisma holds the interest, even if this and his other recent movies (I Am Legend and Hancock) suggest the only thing bigger than his ears is his Messiah complex.
01/16/09
Ill conceived, poorly written and badly directed drama, featuring a career worst performance from Will Smith.
01/16/09
Will Smith is fast turning into the movie actor's Reader's Digest - an uplifting guide to healthy living and doing worthy things.
01/15/09
[Smith] has all the angst and gravitas of a school child pulling a straight face at assembly.
01/09/09
There is indeed a secret, but it is not overly challenging to work out what's going on in this annoying film.
01/09/09
Even by the standards of gotcha flicks, Seven Pounds seems especially somnolent and pretentious.
01/08/09
Neither literal poetry nor the reliable charm of Will Smith can save his character from the folly of screenwriter Grant Nieporte’s deeply flawed premise.
01/08/09
Although the story wobbles at times, Seven Pounds stays the course thanks to Muccino's skilled direction.
01/08/09
The film's most abiding mystery lies in the question of why it ever got made.
01/08/09
Melodramatic and manipulative, but passionate.
01/06/09
Another note worthy Will Smith film and this one should not be missed out on.
01/04/09
The film's relentlessly somber tone becomes alienating. It's hard to care what the conclusion is if only more gloom awaits.
01/03/09
As the convoluted structure finally reveals the actual plot, it brings with it the unmistakable whiff of a vanity project
01/01/09
... the toll of self-imposed guilt and responsibility is a tangible thing... no more of a stretch than a man who ages backwards or a billionaire dressed like a giant bat.
12/30/08
a diffuse and disjointed effort
12/28/08
Operates on an emotional level so crude that the sacrificial act at its heart appears not only kitschy, but also repellent%u2014not to mention icky.
12/28/08
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December 21, 2008:
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