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(1 - 32) of 32 OFCS Rating: 19% Rotten Page   1   2/5 "Takes immense pleasure in letting its audience in on nothing."   Cut Print Review   Anders Wotzke D "Will Smith wants an Oscar. That much we understand. But if he thinks he can get one by playing a tragic character in very mediocre-to-bad movies, he's likely mistaken."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark 3/5 "For all its ambitions, however, Seven Pounds ultimately fails in the one arena where it should be a cinematic slam dunk - the production of tears."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron 2.5/5 "a razor blade wrapped inside a teddy bear."   Filmcritic.com   Blake French C "Pounds plays dirty, selecting a path of confusion to unfurl its ache, resulting in a near absence of psychological or emotional connection the movie is absolutely desperate to conjure."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf "If there were a way to do a secular passion play, this would be it."   PopMatters   Chris Barsanti 3/5 "The film's relentlessly somber tone becomes alienating. It's hard to care what the conclusion is if only more gloom awaits."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 3.5/4 "...packs one hell of an emotional punch as it approaches its affecting and flat-out devastating conclusion."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 2/4 "The decision to score the final scene to a children's chorus singing Herman's Hermits' "Something Tells Me I'm Into Something Good" is ill-considered. Samply lyric: 'I walked her home and she held my hand/I knew it wouldn't be just a one-night stand'."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman 3/5 "Más allá de lo caprichoso de la historia, e incluso de lo fragmentario del relato -a lo 21 Gramos- es innegable la capacidad que exhibe Muccino para atrapar la atención del espectador."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio C "You know how people who go out of their way to seem mysterious or interesting are really just annoying? Turns out that applies to fictional people, too."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 1.5/4 "Accompanied by one of the worst scores I've heard in some time, Seven Pounds follows its lead by continually trying to bury its final note under another one and constantly sounding like the composer missing the beat over and over and over again."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress "The creepiest version yet of the Magical Negro routine"   CinePassion   Fernando F. Croce D "An incredibly sappy and manipulative dirge disguised as a deep rumination on sacrifice and redemption."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2/5 "An unconvincing drama masquerading as a spiritual tale of redemption and sacrificial love."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2.5/4 "On an emotional level, one could decree that the movie is satisfying. On an intellectual level, it's disappointingly shallow."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2.5/4 "The final act leaves a melodramatic and manipulative residue that no amount of tears can wash away."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 2/4 "Looking like he hasn't shaved in days, and wearing the same suit day after day, Smith is playing the Hollywood version of worn and weary."   Slant Magazine   Jeremiah Kipp "Parental Content Review"   Screen It!   Jim Judy 3.0/4.0 "... the toll of self-imposed guilt and responsibility is a tangible thing... no more of a stretch than a man who ages backwards or a billionaire dressed like a giant bat."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 1.5/5 "Muccino lays on the melodrama so thick that I felt like I needed a shower by the end, and instead of shedding a tear, I couldn't wait to get out of the theater."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr "[M]ixes the triteness up in much the same way that a small child hides the fact that it hasn't eaten its peas by shoving them around the plate and then under the mashed potatoes..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3/4 "Giving in to the sentimental spell should be done so without shame or guilt."   TheMovieReport.com   Michael Dequina C "Its decision to portray behavior that is at best morally compromised as an idealized sacrifice is a poor choice as an ethical matter and as a narrative matter."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow "A deliberately muddled bit of inspirational pap."   Cinematical   Nick Schager 2/5 "Para Ben Thomas é mais importante respeitar um tolo jogo dramático do que realmente ajudar o próximo. E, para Will Smith, ganhar uma indicação ao Oscar e se pintar como um Cristo moderno é motivação suficiente para jogar sua reputação no triturador."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 1/5 "A ludicrous testament to the human condition that never demonstrates a sense of an authentic human touch for a single second."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 2/5 "As the convoluted structure finally reveals the actual plot, it brings with it the unmistakable whiff of a vanity project"   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline C+ "There is nothing feel good in a film that is about love, sorrow and sacrifice. This is a problem."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 3/10 "Only the most morbidly inattentive viewer could possibly fail to figure out virtually every twist in the story from details supplied in the first five minutes."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton 1/4 "It makes sense with the notable films of 2008 (the Synecdoches and Wrestlers), it just has the misfortune of sucking."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 1/4 "The pacing of the film is painfully slow that by the time one gets to the payoff at the end and understands what's going on, you may be fighting to remember what happened during the film if you stayed awake for it."   BlackFilm.com   Wilson Morales  (1 - 32) of 32 OFCS Rating: 19% Rotten Page   1