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." Who is he, what does he want, why is he ...
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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
cinematical.com - 12/19/2008
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cinematical.com —
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 ...
Review: Seven Pounds
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Movie Review - Seven Pounds - An I.R.S. Do-Gooder and Other Strangeness - NYTimes.com
A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago —
... eye-poppingly, call-your-friend-ranting-in-the-middle-of-the-night-just-to-go-over-it-one-more-time crazily awful motion pictures ever made. I would tell you to go out and see it for yourself, but you might take that as a recommendation rather than a plea for corroboration. Did I really see what I thought I saw? And I wish I could spell out just what that was, but you wouldn’t believe me, and the people at Sony might not invite me to any more screenings. Ebert dissents: Some people will find it emotionally manipulative. Some people like to be ...
Seven Pounds Review
FilmoFilia —
... Will Smith displays a rather impressive range of emotional speeds here. He can be a tough, merciless IRS man. He can bend the rules on some cases. He can have a candlelight dinner with a beautiful woman named Emily Posa (Rosario Dawson) and go home afterward. She can sense his deep sadness. He is angry with people sometimes, but he seems angriest of all at himself. It’s quite a performance…full story [Chicago Sun Times] ...
Seven Pounds Is "A Present Best Left Unopened" [Critical Mass]
Jezebel —
... rich, really apologetic about mistakes he's made in the past, and really, by any sane moviegoer's measure, kind of nuts. (He may or may not be an IRS agent;
he definitely keeps a deadly jellyfish as a pet in his seedy motel room.) Poor Rosario Dawson looks lovely but lost as a beautiful woman with a real-not-metaphorical
failing heart; Woody Harrelson looks ready for an SNL sketch as a gentle, blind telephone operator and pianist. Do not attempt
these acts of atonement at home Chicago Sun-Times : I haven't even hinted about the hidden motives in this film. Miraculously for ...
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