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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] for thematic material, some disturbing content and a scene of sensuality.

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... 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 a fateful secret who embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers. [More]

Starring: Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Barry Pepper

Starring: Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Barry Pepper

Director: Gabriele Muccino

Director: Gabriele Muccino
Screenwriter: Grant Nieporte
Studio: Columbia Pictures

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Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
09/08/09
Pete Hammond
Pete Hammond
Hollywood.com

The ending will divide viewers. Some will shed tears, others will be outraged. It's a bold artistic choice, but one of questionable morality.

Full Review Source: Washington Times | comment Comment
08/30/09
Sonny Bunch
Sonny Bunch
Washington Times

The creepiest version yet of the Magical Negro routine

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment Comment
08/26/09
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

The good, Will Smith is a brilliant actor. The bad, Seven Pounds isn't nearly as brilliant as Will Smith.

Full Review Source: BET.com | comment Comment
06/10/09
Clay Cane
Clay Cane
BET.com
N/R

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Betsy Sherman
Betsy Sherman
Boston Phoenix

A clumsily melodramatic movie that tells us too much too soon and forces us to sit through endless morose vacuousness.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
03/10/09
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

Más allá de lo caprichoso de la historia, e incluso de lo fragmentario del relato -a lo 21 Gramos- es innegable la capacidad que exhibe Muccino para atrapar la atención del espectador.

Full Review Source: Uruguay Total | comment Comment
03/04/09
Enrique Buchichio
Enrique Buchichio
Uruguay Total
N/R

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Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
02/27/09
Chris Bumbray
Chris Bumbray
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

...packs one hell of an emotional punch as it approaches its affecting and flat-out devastating conclusion.

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
02/25/09
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

Seven Pounds is an unexpected holiday powerhouse. Will Smith shakes off his familiar, comfortable persona, and cuts to the unsettled heart of humanity.

Full Review Source: Fayetteville Free Weekly | comment 1 Comment
02/01/09
Tony Macklin
Tony Macklin
Fayetteville Free Weekly

A contrived, thrill-less thriller that's more concerned about its inane gimmicks than about keeping you truly riveted, engrossed or enlightened.

Full Review Source: NYC Movie Guru | comment Comment
01/31/09
Avi Offer
Avi Offer
NYC Movie Guru

A collage of strong scenes, dull bits, good filmmaking and a dissatisfying emotional payoff. A laudable attempt to tackle heavyweight subject-matter that ends up just being heavy weather.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
01/16/09
Ian Freer
Ian Freer
Empire Magazine

It’s not what you’d call any good, but Claude Lelouch fans, say, might relish its grandiose romantic gestures in the face of all known logic.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment 1 Comment
01/16/09
Trevor Johnston
Trevor Johnston
Time Out

Seven Pounds can feel too heavy at times but Smith carries the film.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
01/16/09
Stella Papamichael
Stella Papamichael
Channel 4 Film

Seven Pounds is a profoundly irritating mystery about a profoundly silly man.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment 1 Comment
01/16/09
James Christopher
James Christopher
Times [UK]

A supremely annoying film.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment 2 Comments
01/16/09
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]

This is a 24-carat wallow in weapons grade mawkishness.

Full Review Source: Sky Movies | comment 1 Comment
01/16/09
Tim Evans
Tim Evans
Sky Movies

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Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
01/16/09
Empire Magazine
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Seven Pounds feels like having Love Story and Beaches burnt onto your retinas in the style of A Clockwork Orange. But hang on for the finale...

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
01/16/09
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The worst movie ever to star Will Smith, this is a morbid drama which is meant to reduce its audience to tears of empathy, but reduced me to groans and helpless laughter.

Full Review Source: Daily Mail [UK] | comment 9 Comments
01/16/09
Christopher Tookey
Christopher Tookey
Daily Mail [UK]
 
 
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