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Genres:
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Drama
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Director:
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Gabriele Muccino
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Actors:
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Barry Pepper,
Michael Ealy,
Elpidia Carrillo,
Andy Milder,
Tim Kelleher,
Judyann Elder,
Sarah Jane Morris,
Will Smith,
Rosario Dawson,
Woody Harrelson,
Robinne Lee,
Joe Nunez,
Bill Smitrovich,
Gina Hecht,
Madison Pettis
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Duration:
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123 min.
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Rating:
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(7.6/10)97
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Plot Summary:
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Haunted not later than a private, Ben Thomas looks for redemption by radically transforming the lives of seven people he doesn't know. Right away his plan is outfit, nothing will be masterly to be over him. At least that's what he thinks. But Ben hadn't planned on falling in cuddle with entire of these people and she's the one who will end up transforming him.
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Seven Pounds
Jan Stuart
When an actor reaches a summit of unparalleled global popularity, it is probably hard to resist the temptation to play God. Will Smith, in all his humanistic narcissism, continues to erect a gallery of Olympian everymen. The soused superhero of Hancock and the homeless overachiever of The Pursuit of Happyness are canny exemplars of the divin- ity next door, with warts and all.
The most downbeat of his recent output, Seven Pounds, rounds out with those two films a kind of trilogy of self-deification. Spurring memories of the hit '50s TV series "The Millionaire," in which a wealthy man randomly anoints benefactors of his fortune, Smith's character Ben Thomas endeavors to give of himself to complete strangers in a radically personal way. "It is within...
Seven Pounds
Claudia PuigIt takes a while to sort out and piece together the parts in Seven Pounds. And though it all makes sense by the film's end, the process can be slow going. A romantic mystery of sorts, Seven Pounds re-teams Will Smith and director Gabriele Muccino, who worked on 2006's The Pursuit of Happyness. Not much can be revealed about the movie without spoiling the surprises. But we can say that Ben, Smith's enigmatic character, begins by compiling a list of seven names. What each has in common is a critical need for help. Ben comes to their aid in extraordinary and dramatic ways. Why he has chosen to help them is initially murky. The process of sussing out the source of his altruism could try some people's patience. Moments of confusion arise as the s...
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