variety.com - 12/17/2008
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A Sony Pictures Entertainment release of a Columbia Pictures presentation, in association with Relativity Media, of an Overbrook Entertainment, Escape Artists production. Produced by Todd Black, James Lassiter, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch, Will Smith. Executive producers, David Crockett, David ...
movies.nytimes.com - 12/19/2008
rottentomatoes.com - 12/18/2008
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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 ...
Seven Pounds Movie Reviews, Pictures
rogerebert.suntimes.com - 12/19/2008
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/ / / December 17, 2008 by Roger
Ebert I am fascinated by films that observe a
character who is behaving precisely, with no apparent motivation. A good actor brings such a role into focus, as Will Smith does in the enigmatically titled "Seven Pounds." ...
Seven Pounds :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews
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Seven Pounds: Will Smith Takes a Fall
Thompson On Hollywood —
... It had to happen sooner or later. Will Smith has been inside the fluke zone where he can do no wrong for seven years now. (His last flops were Ali, The Legend of Bagger Vance and Wild Wild West.) Well, Seven Pounds will be the end of that extraordinary run.
Todd McCarthy herewith delivers a pan:
Given Emily's vulnerability, Ben's gentle patience with her, Smith's and Dawson's attractiveness, the lushly intimate widescreen images devised by Muccino and lenser Philippe Le Sourd, and Angelo Milli's literally incessant ...
Poison Tentacles
Hollywood Elsewhere —
Poison Tentacles In one of his most stinging pans , Variety 's Todd McCarthy has shown himself to be no jellyfish when it comes to ...
Critic Rips Will Smith a New One
Vulture —
... Variety's Todd McCarthy is the first critic out of the gate with a review of Seven Pounds, and boy, oh boy, it's the biggest evisceration of a Will Smith vehicle since Wild Wild West. Not only will it "infuriate anyone predominantly guided by rationality and intellect," but McCarthy also blasts Smith for "embracing [his character's] saintlike status in a way so convincing that it proves disturbing as an indication of how highly this anointed superstar may regard himself." Yikes! At this point, we can only keep our fingers crossed that the ...
Will Smith Donates 'Seven Pounds' to Us, Six Figures to Scientology [Seven Pounds]
Gawker: defamer —
... HAHAHAHAHA, Variety's Todd McCarthy. HAHAHAHAHA. Maybe you could use a little education, HAHAHA! Next time you've got the time, why don't you stop by Calabasas, where visiting professor Leah Remini is teaching a class on "Unlocking the Non-Critical Critic Inside You (What I Learned on the Summer Arc of Saved By The Bell)." SP's can audit for free! Will Smith Gives $1.3 Million to Charities [Fox News] Seven Pounds [Variety]
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Seven Pounds
The Hot Blog —
... profoundly insightful in light of the sold out shows in NY and LA this last week.) And besides completely missing the boat on Rachel Getting Married, Foundas is in the group of the very confused people not only failing to pan Gran Torino, but selling the idea that it is profound. So…
I was able to find a really positive review of a Will Smith movie in Variety. But I had to go all the way back to 2001’s Ali to do it.
Seven Pounds - "an endlessly sentimental fable about sacrifice and redemption that aims only ...
Drew Carey Spent 30 Minutes Crafting Bored Reaction to Historic 'Price is Right' Win [Acting]
Gawker: defamer —
... than spectacular — while the crowd went insane. To be fair, the crowd goes insane at the merest glimpse of the Plinko board, but still! Had Bob Barker delivered the news, he surely would have brought it the deserved sense of occasion; we can envision him now, giving one of the Barker's Beauties a celebratory fondle while spaying the vanquished Showcase contestant in a little-known, terribly bloody consequence of her competitor's exact guess. Seven Pounds [Variety]
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Will Smith's 'Seven Pounds' Roasted In Early Reviews
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The embargo on "Seven Pounds" has been finally broken. Reviews have hit from Variety, the Village Voice and Timeout New York (who incidentally don't get enough love) and the prognosis is not good. Variety: "Given Emily's (Rosario Dawson) vulnerability, Ben's (Will Smith) gentle patience with her, Smith's and Dawson's attractiveness, the lushly intimate widescreen images devised by [Gabriele] Muccino and lenser Philippe Le Sourd, and Angelo Milli's literally incessant button-pushing score, "Seven Pounds" offers either seductive ...
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Movie Review: Seven Pounds (2008)
ropeofsilicon.com 12/19/2008 —
Will Smith and Rosario Dawson in Seven Pounds
Photo: Columbia Pictures
It's certainly melodramatic and it tugs on the heart strings like you wouldn't believe, but the largest problem with Seven Pounds is not its cheap attempts at making you ...
Seven Pounds Review
screenrant.com 12/19/2008 — Short version: Hey, it’s a Will Smith movie so you’ll WANT to like it - but despite a moving ending, Seven Pounds overstays its welcome.
Screen Rant reviews Seven Pounds
OK, I get what they were trying to do in Will Smith’s latest film Seven Pounds … I really do. ...
Seven Pounds: Slow and Frustrating
buzzsugar.com 12/19/2008 — If you were confused by the trailer for Seven Pounds that's because the movie is mostly one long guessing game, meant to have a confusing, slow build-up to a twisty surprise ending. There seems to be such an emphasis on keeping the audience wondering ...
The problem with "Seven Pounds" (SPOILERS) —
CELEBRITY OUTHOUSE | BAD ACTORS
by Joker Yes, this Outhousekeeper sat in a movie theater with his popcorn, Coke zero and overpriced candy to review Will Smith's new stinker, "Seven Pounds." While the wastes from the food at the concession stand built up in my stomach, I couldn't help but squirm in my seat as I sat through ...
"Yes Man," "Seven Pounds" Fall Short At The Box-Office —
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Bad weather or sub-par fare from top movie stars? You make the call. Warner Brothers' " Yes Man ," starring Jim Carrey , came in at number one over the weekend with $18.2 million on over 3,400 screens, besting Will Smith's downer " Seven Pounds " which came in at $16 million. This is the ...
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Movie Marketing Madness
I’m not sure if this line is in the movie itself but it was in the trailer for the Will Smith movie Seven Pounds:
“God created the world in seven days…”
Ummm…no. God created the world in six days. On the seventh he rested. This is akin to my saying “I ...
Seven Pounds of Crap —
CELEBRITY OUTHOUSE | BAD ACTORS
Just this pic alone should make people think twice about seeing Seven Pounds , Will Smith's new flick. This is another emotional mess of a movie for Will, who looks pretty similar to when he portrayed Muhammad Ali on film. Ali was a solid 1 1/2 star film and Seven Pounds looks like its ...
Movie Review: Seven Pounds —
CLAY CANE // GET YOUR LIFE
Check out my review for Seven Pounds over at BET.com.
Currently, Seven Pounds is thriving off its mystery, which might be the biggest flaw. Marketing the “mystery” of Seven Pounds sets the viewer up for a completely different experience and will leave some disappointed. Imagine going to see ...
Seven Pounds Movie Review —
Atomic Popcorn
Seven Pounds is a powerful, mysterious film, slow to reveal itself, but engaging all the way. In the opening minutes, we hear Will Smith’s character make a 911 call reporting a suicide - his own - before flashing back to a…
Movie Review - 'Seven Pounds' —
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Seven Pounds
Starring Will Smith, Rosario
Dawson, and Woody Harrelson
Directed by Gabriele Muccino
Rated PG-13
Ben
Thomas has a secret and he has a mission. They’re intertwined, and both appear
to be testing Ben’s faith and patience, if not more. There is no ...
Review: Seven Pounds —
Cinematical
There are plenty of movie stars (including one currently headed to theaters donning an eye-patch) whose acting skills amount to riffing on a one-dimensional celebrity persona. And then there are those valuable few like Will Smith , who actively seek out roles -- often in so-so ...
Seven Pounds Movie Review —
smartcine.com News Blog
Judging from the trailer, you would think that Seven Pounds is a pounding and surprising mystery film. At least that was my first reaction to the trailer. When I heard that the film was getting a heavy Oscar Buzz, I immediately figured that drama has to be the main focus point of the film. ...
Will Smith's "Seven Pounds" in Theaters Friday 12/19... —
Hip Candy
Do you have plans to see this movie? It looks intense. A few pics from the "Seven Pounds" premiere in Los Angeles below: Will Smith, Rosario Dawson (both star in the movie), Sanaa Lathan, Gabrielle Union, Michael Ealy (also starring in the movie. See a pic of Michael & me here . We ...
Seven Pounds —
Television Without Pity - All Blogs
I find myself having two very strong reactions any time I see a trailer for the latest so-sure-to-be-a-hit-it-already-is-one Will Smith vehicle, Seven Pounds : First, I have no idea what this movie is about. Not even a clue. And second, I WANT TO SEE THIS MOVIE! On opening day! Or even before. ...
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