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Seven Pounds (2009)

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(73%)

Starring:	Will Smith \| Rosario Dawson \| Woody Harrelson \| Madison Pettis
Director:	Gabriele Muccino
Studio:	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time:	118 mins
Collections:	100 Most Wanted
Genres:	Drama
Languages:	English
Released:	May 25, 2009

From Gabriele Muccino, the Director of The Pursuit Of Happyness comes Seven Pounds. Will Smith stars as Ben, an IRS agent who is depressed and guilt-ridden about mistakes from his past. He sets out to make amends by helping seven strangers. When he meets Emily (Rosario Dawson), a beautiful woman with a heart condition, he falls in love with her, thereby complicating his plans. Woody Harrelson also appears as a blind pianist who befriends Ben.

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Rating of 2 stars out of 5
Time Out

Its a distinctly frazzled Will Smith we see at the start of this teasing drama. Calling emergency services, he looks...

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328 out of 332 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 5.0 stars
29 year old male, and i admit i cryed

A Customer from Birmingham, 14th January, 2009

I felt compelled to write this review after just watching this film, and i'm struggling to focus on the screen with all this water in my eyes. I had heard and read mixed reviews on this, so was sceptical as to what to expect, but i have to say that i loved this film! Granted if you don't like soppy films then don't waste your time with this, it won't appeal to everyone out there, but for those who like nothing better than to sit in one evening with a duvet on the sofa, then i cannot recommend this enough. You know get to know the plot of the film from the offset, so there are no real surprises. But even though i knew what was coming, i could not stop the bulge in my throat from happening, and i found myself crying along (I was alone, so it was OK) Will Smith's acting is second to none, and as a previous reviewer put it, he does get better with age. All i can say to those reading this review is, you must be interested in this type of film otherwise you wouldn't be reading these reviews, so please give it the chance, the worst that can happen is you waste a couple of hours, but you will be in the minority, of that i'm sure.

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46 out of 58 people found the following review helpful:

*** May contain spoilers ***

Rated 1.0 stars
Booooring

Lin6663 from , 20th January, 2009

The premise is so ridiculous and the lack of any attempt to make it believable renders the film completely pointless. I am prepared to suspend my disbelief so far but to believe that a terminally ill woman would call some random bloke she had only met for a matter of minutes for support rather than her loving, caring sister is just downright ridiculous. I couldn't have cared less about the characters and am surprised this ever made it to the big screen..the only tears I wanted to shed were those of complete and utter frustration and boredom. The 'twist' is so clumsily that if you didn't see it coming you must be stupid. Go and see this film only if you are a masochist or suffer from insomnia.

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