Seven Pounds
2008 Directed by Gabriele Muccino
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Seven names. Seven strangers. One secret.
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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I already passionately despised the previous Smith-Muccino collaboration, Pursuit of Happyness, but I was willing to write it off as that one dud every director has. However, having just seen what has to be one of the most self-important pieces of incoherent twaddle of all time, I am certain that my relationship with Muccino is more than just off to a bad start. My policy of trying my best to avoid reading about a film before going into has often provided to be a pleasing practice but it's in times like this I deeply regret doing so. By the IMDb synopsis alone I already would've been prepared to hate this:
“A man with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary…
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This is genuinely one of the most powerful films that I have ever seen, and it breaks my heart with every viewing.
Seven Pounds tells an emotionally complex story about one man's journey of redemption, concluding with a dramatic impact that, whilst you are in some ways prepared for it, will tear you apart. However, I haven't read many good reviews for this film on Letterboxd so far, which is shocking as I saw the film in the cinema with a group of boys and we all cried. I guess it isn't for everybody, but I find it incredibly underrated and is it one of my favourite films, and one of few that I can watch over and over again…
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Will Smith cries for a bit.
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On Angelo Milli’s soundtrack to this movie, there’s a track called Requiem. My guess is it’s likely to provoke one of two reactions: eyes rolling at the cheesiness of it all, or eyes closed for the whole 9 minutes 49 seconds of its duration, admiring the pathos and the beauty.
Perhaps it’ll be the same with the entire movie. You might look at it as one of Will Smith’s misplaced “I guess I should try to be an actor once in a while” moments, an embarrassing exercise in emotional manipulation where sanctimoniousness is mixed with sentimentalism just about as subtle as Smith stopping that locomotive in the same year’s Hancock.
Or you will see it as a beautiful fairytale celebrating…
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"Oh dear. This was very watchable, but had a preposterous plot the main thrust of which which I cottoned on to very early on (that's quite unlike me!). There were some very big mistakes in the film which made a nonsense of the entire story, this is a film that could be redone and made so much better."
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'Ali' aside I don't understand the appeal of Will Smith. I got hassled into watching this and I must admit, having to watch the boring 'L'Ultimo Baccio' and the anger inducing idealistic 'The Pursuit of Happiness' both directed by Gabriele Muccino, I was apprehensive. I won't say i was pleasantly surprised, because that would not be true. But, the most positive thing I can say is that I didn't hate it and I have a few qualms. It at least knows how to manipulate the audiences emotions.
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One of the top 10 movies of 2008. I am a big fan of Will Smith, but was a little disappointed with Hancock last year. This time Will Smith was great in Seven Pounds playing an IRS agent who seems to be doing a lot of people several favors for no apparent reason. Several critics found this movie slow and boring, but I never felt bored in this film and found it a very interesting melodrama. Seven Pounds grabbed my attention from the opening scene and I found myself trying to figure out what was going on. Halfway through the movie I kind of figured out where everything was leading too but that didnt ruin the movie for me because…
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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While I cared about the characters for the most part of the film, in the end it just wasn't as satisfying as I expected it would be. It brings you along nicely and makes you long to know the back story of the hero. This is one of the best aspects of the film in that we don't know the main characters motives for quite a long time and this makes him, to quote Rosario Dawson, "very interesting".
While I was emotionally invested for the most part, by the time the final credits rolled it just didn't leave a particularly satisfying aftertaste. Though I enjoyed it I think the cheesiness of the last scene was just too much.
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This is genuinely one of the most powerful films that I have ever seen, and it breaks my heart with every viewing.
Seven Pounds tells an emotionally complex story about one man's journey of redemption, concluding with a dramatic impact that, whilst you are in some ways prepared for it, will tear you apart. However, I haven't read many good reviews for this film on Letterboxd so far, which is shocking as I saw the film in the cinema with a group of boys and we all cried. I guess it isn't for everybody, but I find it incredibly underrated and is it one of my favourite films, and one of few that I can watch over and over again…
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There's a lot of emotion in this film and the acting is truly superb. However, it isn't for a casual viewer as it's easy to get lost in the plot and miss the whole premise of the film.
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This is the story of a friendly stalker who has this master plan to change and improve the lives of seven strangers, worthy of his effort and sacrifice, in order to be able of letting go the unbearable guilt that he feels. He just wasn't counting on falling in love with someone of those strangers during the execution of his plan. His means may be questionable, but his intentions sure are commendable.
But, in spite of his philanthropic intentions, there is the other side of the matter at hand we could ask ourselves, simultaneously: Does only the gentle and angerless people were worthy of his intentions? The man at the motel wasn't also a decent person? Perhaps there might be…
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Everytime I see it I cry... This movie is a very special lesson for life <3
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I already passionately despised the previous Smith-Muccino collaboration, Pursuit of Happyness, but I was willing to write it off as that one dud every director has. However, having just seen what has to be one of the most self-important pieces of incoherent twaddle of all time, I am certain that my relationship with Muccino is more than just off to a bad start. My policy of trying my best to avoid reading about a film before going into has often provided to be a pleasing practice but it's in times like this I deeply regret doing so. By the IMDb synopsis alone I already would've been prepared to hate this:
“A man with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary…