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foxnews.com - 6/27/2008

FOX411: Will Smith's $150 Million Disaster

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'Hancock' is one of the worst family holiday weekend releases of recent memory — and jaw droppingly so. There's nothing funny, witty or clever, or even developed beyond an idea that should never have been executed in this way.

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Hancock Reviews - Dodgy
Movie Moron — ... Hollywood Reporter - “One suspects that the movie’s problems stem from the multitude of cooks who toiled on the project… Somewhere along the way, a sharp black comedy lost its bite… The best comic book movies develop a rigorous and logical mythology. As “Hancock” races toward its spectacular but muddled finale, it keeps rewriting its own rules in an effort to pander to the audience.” Fox News - “A 150 million dollar disaster…one of the worst family holiday ...

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Hollywood Elsewhere — Whoops Earlier today Fox 411's Roger Friedman bluntly called Hancock , the Will Smith comic whatever that opens Tuesday, "a $150 million disaster ...one of the worst family holiday weekend releases of recent memory -- jaw-droppingly so. And that’s hard to do, since it clocks in at a mere wisp of one hour and 20 minutes. In such brevity there should be a reward. After all, Hancock , directed by Peter Berg , is shorter than most Woody Allen comedies. There’s nothing funny here, however, or witty or clever or even developed beyond an idea." ...

Scientology Isn't Helping Hancock
IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com — ... should a record-smashing hit, right? Uh, not really. FOX News reports: Alas, all good hype must come to an end. "Hancock," with which Sony is hoping to have a merry July 4, 2008, may not duplicate Smith's previous successes. It is one of the worst family holiday weekend releases of recent memory - and jaw-droppingly so....And that's hard to do since it clocks in at a mere wisp of one hour and 20 minutes. In such brevity there should be a reward. After all, "Hancock," directed by Peter Berg, is shorter than most Woody Allen comedies. There's nothing funny here, however, or ...

Will Smith’s $150 Million Dollar Disaster
Rumorficial — ... is neither. It’s often violent in realistic ways, the plot hinges on an extramarital affair and the main character lacks swagger, confidence and manners. Columbia says “Hancock” is tracking well, and I’ll bet it’s right. The first couple of days — next Wednesday and Thursday — should be big. The fear, I’m sure, though, is that by Friday, July 4, the word will be out. By Sunday they’ll know exactly who’s head is up whose you know what. Source