In order to find redemption, he sets out to change the lives of seven strangers. And viewers in the mood for a feelgood story should look elsewhere. Youll notice we replaced the 5star fan ratings with the rotten tomatoes. A lifeshattering secret torments ben thomas will smith. I think this movie is actually better than the pursuit of happiness which most will know was also a very good film. Teenage films that will make you cry show list info. Will smith, rosario dawson and woody harrelson i do not own this video or right to it. Within the movie it seems as if tim is confirming that life is absurd like philosophers camus and nagel stated. Both views could be wrong to different extents, but one thing is for sure. This is a movie about a man who decides that life is not worth living anymore. Will smith gains seven pounds jun 05, 2006 will smith has signed on to play a suicidal guy who finds his plans ruined when love rears its head in sonys seven pounds. Ben thomas, holly apelgren, connie tepos, george ristuccia, nicholas adams, ezra turner and emily posa. Will smith is on top form and in serious actor mode. Two years later, in a conscious bid for atonement, unable to live with what he did, tim sets out to.
Essay analysis of the movie seven pounds seven pounds is an emotional film that stars tim thomas in his redemption journey to change the lives of seven people. This is a list of teenage movies that will for sure make you cry. Home video the most recent home video release of seven pounds movie is march 31, 2009. What will smithtm is doing, particularly in the cases of these two of the seven people he is handing a pound of his flesh either metaphorically or literally is wildly unethical to the point that any honest version of this movie would end with the tragic revelation of that. The only thing they share in common are that each has reached a turning point and is in dire need of help, from financial to spiritual to medical and unbeknownst to them, ben has. So, i just finished watching seven pounds again, one of my favorite movies, and i noticed something thats going to continue to confuse and piss me off until i find out what it is. While in the process of reading a text message, tim causes a car accident that causes the death of seven people, including his wife. Seven pounds is the kind of movie critics bashed a little too hard because it tried a little too hard. Will smith has signed on to play a suicidal guy who finds his plans ruined when love rears its head in sonys seven pounds. The pundits say the film has its moments, thanks to carreys manic energy. Theres almost nothing i can say about seven pounds without it giving away almost everything about seven pounds. So the only way i can conceive of dealing with the worldview presented is to be bluntly concise. Ben thomas is an irs agent with a fateful secret who embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.
The multihyphenate is attached to star in seven pounds for columbia pictures and escape artists and is in negotiations to produce the film alongside his. Youll notice we replaced the 5star fan ratings with the rotten tomatoes audience score to help you choose a movie to watch. Anyway, yes, the films title refers to the seven pounds of flesh that ben gives to make up for killing seven innocent people. The film itself is one of those that you dont really have a. In the film, smith plays ben thomas, an irs agent with a fateful secret who embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers. Dec 19, 2008 the emotional story of a man who will change the lives of seven strangers. Listen to trailer music, ost, original score, and the full list of popular songs in the film. Til the movie seven pounds about a man will smith giving the gift of life to seven strangers, foregone the usual hollywood premiere and instead chose cleveland, miami, dallas, st. The film was released in theaters in the united states and canada on december 19, 2008, by columbia pictures. In seven pounds, an unintentionally ludicrous drama of repentance as an extreme sport, a humorless, impenetrable will smith plays a guy. Id say that means theres something for everyone to like in the what the hell is going on. The 10 sketch comedies on netflix with the highest rotten tomatoes scores. We follow him on his mission to seek out seven strangers in desperate need of help. Find all 29 songs in seven pounds soundtrack, with scene descriptions.
Academy award nominee will smith reunites with the directors and producers of the pursuit of happyness for the emotional drama seven pounds. Just watched seven pounds again, someone want to answer this. Louis, and denver to premiere the film to raise funds for food banks in each region. To tiptoe softly around the issues raised by seven pounds would be to spend eight or 10 pages trying to explain things. At movies end, after will smith kills himself, rosario. Weighed down by a dark secret, irs agent ben thomas tries to improve the lives of. Just watched seven pounds again, someone want to answer. Seven pounds 2008 cast and crew a lifeshattering secret torments ben thomas will smith. I think this film being told from the 7 peoples point of view would have made it more impactful, but it was still great. Director david finchers dark, stylish thriller ranks as one of the decades most influential boxoffice successes. Rosario dawson, woody harrelson, and barry pepper also star.
A good actor brings such a role into focus, as will smith does in the enigmatically titled seven pounds. Dec 17, 2008 i am fascinated by films that observe a character who is behaving precisely, with no apparent motivation. Starring will smith, rosario dawson, sarah jane morris, woody harrelson. Over the next couple of years, tim suffers from depression and he begins to develop. He seeks to find virtue in death by donating his vital organs to seven strangers, but he ends up complicating his plan by falling in love with one of the donees. Dec 19, 2008 seven pounds follows the story of ben thomas, an irs agent on a mission to redeem himself from a haunting secret. According to the hollywood reporter, will smith has weighed in on one of his next projects. Til the movie seven pounds about a man will smith giving. Seven reminds you why this is the archetype for these movies. The best and worst movies will smith has ever been in insider. If you like seven pounds you are looking for touching, sad and emotional movies about with redemption, depression, life philosophy, true love, fall in love, hopes and tragic event themes of drama genre shot in usa.
When you put the strokes together just right, it is really something to behold. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing seven pounds near. Get seven pounds movie complete list of awards won and nominations. Nieporte got the idea for the script after having a chat with a man whom he called one of the saddest people ive ever met in my life. Its only after hes killed himself and everyones benefited from his generosity that we learn who he really was and why he did what he did. I did wonder if it would be worth watching again but now i have it, yes it is. Terms of activation by activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts network. The director of seven pounds, gabriele muccino, constructs the story so that a major secret stays hidden from the audience until the very end, making a spoilerfree synopsis of the movie sound. The best and worst movies will smith has ever been in. Just watched seven pounds again, someone want to answer this question for me. Will smith stars in a supremely annoying and precious romantic drama. And why wont he kiss rosario dawson, when they both so obviously want that to happen. The emotional story of a man who will change the lives of seven strangers.
Recent questions and answers on seven pounds movie. The movie tackles heavy themes like what it means to live a meaningful life, embracing death in the face of a terminal illness, and using. Set in a hellish vision of a new yorklike city, where it is always raining and. Seven pounds has to be watched from the point of view of someone who is telling their story and you are the viewer.
The sole survivor of a fatal car crash that killed his fiancee and six others, moody irs auditor ben thomas is wholly focused on finding good people to help in extremely personal, unbelievably generous ways like forgiving a beautifulbutsick womans rosario dawson backtaxes or giving an abused single mother his luxury beach house. Rated pg for thematic material, some disturbing content and a scene of sensuality. The car crash that he caused by texting and driving resulted in seven people losing their lives. Bens plans are complicated when he meets and falls in love with emily rosario dawson, a young woman with a terminal heart condition. I am fascinated by films that observe a character who is behaving precisely, with no apparent motivation. Dec 11, 20 a strange irs agent uses his database to locate a series of needy people and goes to elaborate lengths to improve their lives. Relentlessly tugging on your heartstrings like a hallmark hall of fame movie, seven pounds is manipulative treacle of the worst kind. Seven pounds soundtrack music complete song list tunefind.
Seven pounds movie questions and answers, discussion. Weighed down by a dark secret, irs agent ben thomas tries to improve the lives of seven strangers in need of a second chance. In the drama seven pounds, ben thomas smith is an irs agent with a dark past. But this dramas mysterious title and trailer may turn off younger fans whod rather see a comedy or fantasy.
Whether its the seven deadly sins, the seven cardinal virtues, or just plain ol lucky number seven, we can always count on this odd, little prime number to make any movie more interesting. The movie s concept was somewhat based on an real event. Seven pounds becomes a mesmerising, powerful piece of filmmaking that. The chemistry between will smith and rosario dawson was great. For example, while there are seven recipients of thomass generosity of seven body parts apparently weighing a total of seven pounds, hence the movies title1, there were seven people, including his own fiancee, who died in a car accident that thomas carelessly caused. Jan 15, 2009 seven pounds 1 5 stars 1 out of 5 stars. Seven pounds is a 2008 american drama film, directed by gabriele muccino, in which will smith stars as a man who sets out to change the lives of seven people. The critics savaged this film when it came out, going a bit overboard, as they are wont to do.
Dec 19, 2008 visit tunefind for music from your favorite tv shows and movies. This week at the movies, weve got selfimprovement yes man, starring jim carrey and zooey deschanel, mysterious altruism seven pounds, starring will smith and rosario dawson, and rodent adventures the tale of despereaux, with voice work by matthew broderick and dustin hoffman. Over the course of his journey, he meets and falls in. Who is he, what does he want, why is he behaving so oddly for an irs agent. Dec 18, 2008 this week at the movies, weve got selfimprovement yes man, starring jim carrey and zooey deschanel, mysterious altruism seven pounds, starring will smith and rosario dawson, and rodent adventures the tale of despereaux, with voice work by matthew broderick and dustin hoffman. Seven pounds follows the story of ben thomas, an irs agent on a mission to redeem himself from a haunting secret. Critics consensus rotten tomatoes movie and tv news. Grant edward nieporte, born in 1973, is a screenwriter best known for the film seven pounds. For all its pious, earnest air, seven pounds cries out to be remade as an asian horror movie, so that the deep, creepy grotesqueness of its governing premise might be allowed to flourish. Download seven pounds full movie watch seven pounds. Also read complete information on national award, filmfare awards, cine awards, iifa, screen awards, and more for best actor. As high concepts go, seven pounds is distasteful in the extreme. On the other hand, many more casual filmwatchers probably think this is the type of movie most cinephiles like. Seven pounds movie begins with a list of seven names.
Find out where seven pounds is streaming, if seven pounds is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Jan 01, 2009 but not all the sevens in this film are positive ones. During the process, he falls in love with a woman in need of a new heart. Camuss view is that human life is absurd because we need meaning, but the universe is silent and refuses to provide meaning. Teenage films that will make you cry list challenges. Seven pounds 2008 is available on netflix united states. Seventyseven movies with seven in the title page 2. Will smith gains seven pounds rotten tomatoes rating. Seven pounds is a 2008 american drama film, directed by gabriele muccino, in which will. During princes lengthy run, smith began to branch out into film work.