Seven Pounds
Seven Pounds
PG-13 | 18 December 2008 (USA)
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An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.

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JinRoz

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

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Aiden Melton

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

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Juana

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

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Raymond Sierra

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

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KellenKing

One of my favorite Will Smith movies. Great story with great emotion. Really felt like a one-of-a-kind type of plot, which I really appreciate. Highly recommended.

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dansview

It's very slow, super sentimental, to the point of annoyance, and hides the surprise until the very end. But there are enough teaser flashbacks to give you the general idea of what's going on. I kept my guard up to be ready for a Left Wing political message about the need for socialized medicine. Yet it shows that taxes can overly burden people. So perhaps I was just being paranoid, based on past experience, or the fact that it was Will Smith.I always demand character development. Our guy seemed to be an upscale professional with a nice girlfriend in his previous life, and we hear where he grew up and went to school. We also see a caring and concerned brother.But we never hear whether he had been religious or a passionate secular humanist, or if he had served in the military, etc. Had he been an idealistic person, a lover of humanity, someone with a powerful moral conscience, or did he become more like this after certain spoiler events?Meanwhile, one nice byproduct of the slowness, is that we do get a little character development for the primary supporting characters. Rosario Dawson, who started her career in a most bizarre fashion. (Do the research), actually gave a perfect performance. We felt her pain without being slammed over the head. Her needs were truly human. To engage in meaningful work and find love.Smith's role was a challenge. There's always the danger of him using his mass appeal to manipulate our emotions beyond what is called for. He walks that tightrope pretty skillfully this time. Because carrying the burden that he has will make anyone a depressing character, but this guy continues to have smiling moments and doesn't burden too many people with his story or his guilt. There is some music-manipulation, but it could have been worse. Some reviewers are quite upset about our character's choice for redemption. They say the film glorifies it. But perhaps not. His choice is not for everyone, or even recommended. But for this particular guy, it was what he wanted. Yes it was selfish in terms of how it might affect his brother and friends. But he is neither a husband or father, and we don't see any parents. He already did some good professional work, and fell in love at least twice. Now he's ready to move on. Had he waiting until he was an old man, his donations would have been unusable.

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The Movie Diorama

It is extremely rare for a film to get me emotional, I am essentially dead inside. Yet here I am, alone in my house, wiping a few tears away as I say out loud "pull yourself together!". To describe the plot would be doing it an injustice, but essentially a man contacts seven strangers in an attempt to turn their lives around. This raises the fundamental question: why? Now that would be a spoiler. Now I'm not tearing up just because it's a beautiful heartfelt drama, no no. I'm emotional because it just goes to show that performing acts of kindness can really make a difference in someone's life. We now live in a world where we keep ourselves distant from others. Isolated. Solitude. But what if you went outside and decided to help someone, even if it was just a stranger. The little difference you could make to their lives may just change your own. Seven Pounds eloquently explores that, perhaps slightly too melodramatically but it was required to make its purpose apparent. The extremities that our protagonist goes through to help others is rather inspiring. As the plot thickens, we soon start to unravel why he is doing this...and it's utterly heartbreaking. The last twenty minutes...damn. Just damn. It got to me. For that reason alone, I will remember this film for many years to come. This is undoubtedly one of Will Smith's best performances. Nuanced, understated and emotionally complex, he was able to evoke a sense of morality and innocence that we should all pursue in our own lives. Not to the extremities that his character undergoes, but kindness is a powerful trait to acquire. The supporting cast were excellent also. Big fan of Rosario Dawson who pulled in a beautiful performance. Woody Harrelson was good, would've liked to have seen more interaction with him. Direction solid, musical score hard hitting, wonderful cinematography...I could go on. To say Seven Pounds is a "nice" film is wrong. It's more than that and deserves far more attention, albeit slightly too melodramatic.

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gbkmmaurstad

Tim Thomas (Will Smith) is at fault in accident which results in the death of seven people including his girlfriend, Sarah (Robinne Lee). After the accident, his life slowly dissolves and ultimately leads him to make the decision to give seven strangers a 2nd chance at life. Tim assumes his brother's identity as an IRS agent to gain the trust and access to people he interviews as potential recipients of his gifts.It is a fascinating movie in how Tim selects his recipients and alarming in how his rationalizes the end to justify the means. Some will call his decision courageous and others will wonder if his actions were the acts of a mad man.Very thought provoking.

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