screenrant.com - 12/19/2008
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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. ...
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 ...
Movie Review - 'Seven Pounds'
getthebigpicture.net 12/19/2008 — Will Smith's latest drama is less direct and more meditative than 'The Pursuit of Happyness.' It's certainly the anti-Hancock. Smith plays a man seeking out seven strangers, trying to find worthy candidates whose lives and circumstances he has the power to change.
Seven Pounds Review
filmofilia.com 12/19/2008 — “ Seven Pounds ,” which reunites Will Smith with Gabriele Muccino (who directed him in “The Pursuit of Happyness”), begins with a series of riddling, chronologically scrambled scenes. A man calls 911 to report his own suicide. He badgers a blind call-center employee ...
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 ...
Will's 'Seven Pounds' Of Family Values
deadlinehollywooddaily.com 12/18/2008 — There was a lot of headscratching when Sony moved Seven Pounds from December 12th to December 19th (after Paramount moved Benjamin Button to December 25th), especially when only one studio tentpole opened last weekend. Without a date change, Seven ...
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 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 (2008) —
The Critical Critics Movie Reviews
Weighing in at a very long two hours, Seven Pounds has certainly set itself up to be this year’s heart wrenching opus of personal forgiveness and redemption. It also sets the stage for Will Smith to once again prove that he’s, gulp, one of the more accomplished actors of my generation.
He is Ben ...
Review: ‘Seven Pounds’ —
We Are Movie Geeks
Travis:
‘Seven Pounds’ is the newest collaboration between actor Will Smith and director Gabriele Muccino, who last worked together on ‘The Pursuit of Happyness’. Will Smith is a much better actor than he’s given credit for, due largely in part (I’m ...
How Bad Is Seven Pounds’ Ending, Anyway? —
Vulture
A couple of days ago, following Todd McCarthy's entertaining takedown in Variety , we expressed heartfelt hope that the Times would assign its review of Will Smith's new Seven Pounds to Manohla "The Terminator" Dargis. Turns out that wasn't even necessary! This morning, the typically nicer ...
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…
Seven Pounds (Review) —
PopMatters
Equally afflicted by an old-school weepies affect and new-agey self-righteousness, Seven Pounds is by turns clumsy and overbearing.
Film review: Seven Pounds —
A.V. Club
There isn’t an actor in Hollywood more image-conscious than Will Smith, and that number-crunching calculation has made him both the world’s...
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. ...
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