Seven Pounds

Seven Pounds (2008)

  • 27% of critics liked it
    (186 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,
Directed By
Written By
Grant Nieporte
Genres
Drama, Romance
In Theaters
Dec 19, 2008 Wide
Sony Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Trevor Johnston, Time Out

    It's not what you'd call any good, but Claude Lelouch fans, say, might relish its grandiose romantic gestures in the face of all known logic.

  • 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.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • William D


    Is "Seven Pounds" as bad as all the critics said? Almost. The critics savaged this film when it came out, going a bit overboard, as they are wont to do. Perhaps in their puny subconscious minds Will Smith was due for some backlash, just as Halle Berry was when… More

  • Jim H


    An IRS investigator journeys about looking for good people to give stuff to. The first act of this film is spent trying to hide information from the audience. I suppose director Gabriele Muccino thought that revealing Ben's history provided more dramatic impact if than the story… More

  • Daniel P


    I held off writing a review for so long out of disgust that I kind of forgot what the film was about. So that's my review, one word: "forgettable." It's not quite so bad that you'll remember it, it's just boring and replaces any kind of emotional… More

  • 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

  • Jim C


    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

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