Seven Pounds
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: December 19, 2008
5.8
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Mixed or average reviews based on 380 Ratings
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10
CodyDec 22, 2008
This movie was great. Creepy? How is this creepy? Great movie and definitly a step up from that god awful movie I am legend.
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SherryD.Dec 23, 2008
While I realize that this movie may not appeal to movie "critics" I was really moved by the movie and its sublties. Any movie that affects me this deeply is a keeper. Will I watch it again? I don't think I can. Will I ever forget it? While I realize that this movie may not appeal to movie "critics" I was really moved by the movie and its sublties. Any movie that affects me this deeply is a keeper. Will I watch it again? I don't think I can. Will I ever forget it? Not on your life.… Expand
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GM.Dec 26, 2008
Slow, boring, dreadful and ridiculous.
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JenniferDec 26, 2008
I was surprised to read all the negative reviews on this movie. i found it to be emotionally captivating and heartfelt. i loved it and the acting was brilliant, but it was will smith so that was expected. i loved it, go see it, unless you I was surprised to read all the negative reviews on this movie. i found it to be emotionally captivating and heartfelt. i loved it and the acting was brilliant, but it was will smith so that was expected. i loved it, go see it, unless you are a heartless person who cant appreciate a good movie. and i agree with others: dont watch any trailors or previews, go see it not knowing any of the plot, it will be much better.… Expand
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10
Sean****Dec 28, 2008
One of the best movies I've ever seen. Critics blow on this one. Don't listen to the other comments. This movie is good.
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5
BenM.Dec 31, 2008
too slow out the gates, and finished with too many lose ends!
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DaveMclaveOct 30, 2010
This movie was so amazing, everything about it was just amazing. This is the only movie that almost had me bawling at the end if it had gone on for a few more minutes I would've needed a kleenex. Will Smith never lets me down..

I cannotThis movie was so amazing, everything about it was just amazing. This is the only movie that almost had me bawling at the end if it had gone on for a few more minutes I would've needed a kleenex. Will Smith never lets me down..

I cannot believe what I'm seeing about these reviews here!!
It was one of the best movies I've ever seen!!!… Expand
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TetsuoJun 24, 2013
This has to be the worst Oscar-baiting in history. A good premise destroyed by awful writing, acting all over the place, and very boring. It's opening is good on keeping us hooked what happened prior to it, then the mystery thrown out theThis has to be the worst Oscar-baiting in history. A good premise destroyed by awful writing, acting all over the place, and very boring. It's opening is good on keeping us hooked what happened prior to it, then the mystery thrown out the window thanks to a lot of exposition and overuse of plot points, which becomes very predictable. Other films like Fight Club, The Illusionist, The Prestige, The Machinist, Pan's Labyrinth and Michael Clayton, used the same type storytelling where the first couple of minutes leading to flashing back to what happened prior Its message is so unrealistic in the end and doesn't have good medical knowledge which you can tell they pulled out of their butts.… Expand
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TyranianMay 9, 2020
Good performance by Smith but this film is pretentious and boring for much of its runtime.
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10
ImNotPaid4ThisOct 5, 2012
I cried myself to sleep after watching this film, A real masterpiece. This is definately one of Will Smith's better films, Possibly even his best. Definately up there with the likes of I-Robot anyway.
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sidmeiers1Sep 24, 2012
A lot of people being very harsh on the film. I really enjoyed it... I guess people are within their rights to slate things they don't enjoy, but I'm not 100% sure why critics are so harsh. It might not be an overly plausible storyline butA lot of people being very harsh on the film. I really enjoyed it... I guess people are within their rights to slate things they don't enjoy, but I'm not 100% sure why critics are so harsh. It might not be an overly plausible storyline but it's still a well made film in my view… Expand
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RayzorMooseNov 13, 2013
Seven Pounds is a ton of crap.
It begins at the end, ends at the end, and the middle is just everything they left out in between. An absolutely horrible screenplay, the acting doesn't save it, and it's really a wretchedly boring film.
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HorseElfJul 20, 2014
Well I think the opinions of all those who didn't like the movie should be simply disregarded for lack of meaning in their reviews!
One of them wrote "----By the way, the whole box jellyfish thing was stupid. It was put in the film becauseWell I think the opinions of all those who didn't like the movie should be simply disregarded for lack of meaning in their reviews!
One of them wrote "----By the way, the whole box jellyfish thing was stupid. It was put in the film because he thought they were beautiful as a child. Not the best of references. Why not use a shotgun or jump of a cliff? His house was near the sea! Why not take a plunge instead of using the most ridiculous means of suicide in movie history?" I wonder how he's organs can be donated if he did any of these things?! This guy obviously did not watch the film or missed its message altogether! The fact that Mr Thomas used box- jellyfish as mean of committing suicide only proves how well the plot was thought through - from a point of view of medical knowledge and the effects of the venom. It would delight a medical mind with sufficient knowledge in the matter ....but here is another "review" : " Its message is so unrealistic in the end and doesn't have good medical knowledge which you can tell they pulled out of their butts."
I'm afraid I can't take these so called reviewers seriously ...same for some of the professionals / critics / too.
Well done to Will Smith! Never fails to deliver! Good film.… Expand
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CineAutoctonoDec 21, 2015
A dramatic film , but totally boring , very disconcerting , but the good thing was the resaltante starring Will Smith. The movie has not been brilliant as the interest of critics and viewers .
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Giorgi751Sep 20, 2015
In addition to being a total crap, one of the most hateful things about the film is that perhaps the 95% of his screen time Will Smith keeps his forehead frowned with self-guilt and embarassment. Even watching that pusker between his eyebrowsIn addition to being a total crap, one of the most hateful things about the film is that perhaps the 95% of his screen time Will Smith keeps his forehead frowned with self-guilt and embarassment. Even watching that pusker between his eyebrows was so distracting from any kind of melodrama that it would make you tense in some way. Just everything about this film is shamelessly manipulative. In comparison, if Forrest Gump was an attack to your intelligence, this one insults not only your mind, but even the most sentimental version of yours.… Expand
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KelvinSelimorApr 8, 2023
Seven Pounds. Took a life - give back a life. In some places a lengthy, but very touching story of a man who made a mistake once, but this mistake will cost him dearly. The entire star cast of the film performed their roles perfectly,Seven Pounds. Took a life - give back a life. In some places a lengthy, but very touching story of a man who made a mistake once, but this mistake will cost him dearly. The entire star cast of the film performed their roles perfectly, especially the main characters in the film are Will Smith and Rosario Dawson. The first one perfectly showed a character who does everything to correct his mistakes and will go to any lengths to do it, and the second one, in the person of Rosario Dawson, perfectly showed a person whose life hangs in the balance, but the optimism from this life does not fade away. But unfortunately the film is spoiled by excessive mystery, due to which the whole picture begins to take shape only towards the end of the film.… Expand
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amheretojudgeSep 25, 2018
fabrication is pointless and inessential to the gist itself..

Seven Pounds Seven Pounds is a character driven drama about a guy aspiring to help seven strangers, finds himself stuck in his past. Such premise that divides itself into variousfabrication is pointless and inessential to the gist itself..

Seven Pounds

Seven Pounds is a character driven drama about a guy aspiring to help seven strangers, finds himself stuck in his past. Such premise that divides itself into various acts often falls apart vigorously and if taken care with such mannerism, it almost questions its existence as it fails to stand on its self-created weak surface. This is a typical style over substance case, and unfortunately its style is to take things slowly and reminiscence in its pathos ideology with an artsy camera work to make it look more valuable. The last thing that this feature needed is the first and the foremost things that shucks away its credibility and it is the flawed script that makes less and less sense as it ages, since it skips few steps while mending the sequences. The background score is decently scored, the cinematography is daft, the editing is amatuer and the camera work is redundantly busy and handled manually in order to give the personal touch to the viewers. Smith is the only reason to survive this blunder, his looks are impactful and his eyes convey poems but even a performance like such could never save this sinking ship. This ill formed structure is equally to be blamed as the premise where the heart may be at the right place but that is never enough to attain a closure out of all these hokum formulas. The narration by Nieporte is unappealing and incongruent to its tone, to a point that even Muccino's execution couldn't save this forsaken and untouched land that this tale resides on. It overcooks its potential substance and overrides the emotions until it grows numb, its fabrication is pointless and inessential to the gist itself.

Seven Pounds costs more than that it accounts for, to the makers, actors and the viewers.… Expand
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beeanadouJul 30, 2018
The ending is really a tear-jerker but this movie is spreading so many wrong ideas about organ donating, and this is really impossible going to happen in real life. Besides, looking for redemption is the selling-point but can't those who areThe ending is really a tear-jerker but this movie is spreading so many wrong ideas about organ donating, and this is really impossible going to happen in real life. Besides, looking for redemption is the selling-point but can't those who are taking the pain of doing so live a good life?… Expand
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AgentZJan 7, 2019
This is one of the worst movies I have ever watched. It is pure trash. The plot is incredibly unbelievable and dumb. It's a sappy movie about some sap wanting to donate a bunch of his own organs to a bunch of strangers for some reason. TheThis is one of the worst movies I have ever watched. It is pure trash. The plot is incredibly unbelievable and dumb. It's a sappy movie about some sap wanting to donate a bunch of his own organs to a bunch of strangers for some reason. The main character's motivation was seriously questionable. The ending of the movie is quite possibly the stupidest ending ever in cinematic history.… Expand
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OscarCriticJul 13, 2019
This movie is a tear-jerker, no doubt about it. The acting supercedes the script which Will Smith and Rosario Dawson play beautifully. The ending is one of the saddest I have ever seen and if you can make me cry watching a movie you haveThis movie is a tear-jerker, no doubt about it. The acting supercedes the script which Will Smith and Rosario Dawson play beautifully. The ending is one of the saddest I have ever seen and if you can make me cry watching a movie you have achieved something remarkable.… Expand
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AnrushiJan 19, 2020
I feel shameful about this review from metacritic. This is a spiritual movie with great piano music and performance and idea. That **** that gave it a 0 must be corrupt or a bythelepires (translate it in Albanian)
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forceouthateNov 9, 2022
I wanted to like this movie. But the convoluted plot that was somehow dumbfounding and predictable drove me away. Will Smith did a fine job acting but that's about it. With no real happy moments besides the end where the audience is stillI wanted to like this movie. But the convoluted plot that was somehow dumbfounding and predictable drove me away. Will Smith did a fine job acting but that's about it. With no real happy moments besides the end where the audience is still trying to process events, it left me confused and just frustrated.… Expand
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