Seven Pounds

Seven Pounds (2008)

  • 26% of critics liked it
    (185 reviews)

  • 77% of users liked it
    (597,997 ratings)

Academy Award nominee Will Smith reunites with the director and producers of The Pursuit of Happyness for this emotional drama concerning an IRS agent whose quest for redemption is unexpectedly complicated after he inadvertently falls in love. Ben Thomas is an IRS agent with a fateful secret.… More

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PG-13, 2 hr. 3 min.
Directed By
Gabriele Muccino
Written By
Grant Nieporte
Genres
Drama, Romance
In Theaters
Dec 19, 2008 Wide
On DVD
Mar 31, 2009
Sony Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Ben Lyons, At the Movies

    I think it's just kind of average but Rosario Dawson is great and worthy of some type of recognition throughout this award show season.

  • Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies

    That big twist at the end... if you go back and analyze it -- I'm not sure it holds up, but I don't think it really matters all that much.

  • Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

    As high concepts go, Seven Pounds is distasteful in the extreme.

  • Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine

    It's a lovely performance [by Dawson], in part because her character throws every charm she's got at the one man who seems doomed to deflect it.

  • Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

    It takes the soggy cake for multiple layers of sentimentality topped by indigestible grandiosity.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Alexander D


    Starring Will Smith, SEVEN POUNDS is a moving but ultimately flummoxing drama. It tells the tale of a man who causes a car crash (shown in a flashback, as this happens before the film's main events) by text messaging while driving. Regretting the terrible accident, he sets out… More

  • Brad W


    Seven Pounds had a great cast and premise, but this was so boring I can't even explain. The plot was so slow and dull, and I wasn't even interested til near the end. The cast was great, Will Smith played a great performance. Overall I would watch this again because of the… More

  • KJ P


    This film truly has no idea of what it is trying to do! It tries to take itself way too seriously, and when a dramatic scene occurs, it will randomly switch to show a flashback which we have absolutely no backstory on, and the film jumps back and forth creating confusion all the way… More

  • Wahida K


    An emotional movie, it works to keep its secrets. When the tears come, it has earned them. Lots of Tissues required! Plot: Ben Thomas (Will Smith) is a serious, sad-faced stranger who walks into people's lives like some sort of angel. The first piece of the puzzle: Is he the… More

  • Anthony L


    This is an outstanding film. I didn't know much about it before watching and to be honest I wasn't expecting much but it ended up blowing me away! This is risky material for Hollywood, I'm actually quite surprised it didn't rock a few boats but I'm glad it was… More

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