I'm going to warn you up front- for about the first thirty minutes of this movie, you're going to be depressed. Maybe near suicidal, so keep all sharp objects locked up in your purse.
You won't really understand exactly WHY you're depressed, either, because while some of the events being portrayed are real downers, it shouldn't be weighing you down THAT bad.
It's Will Smith's acting that does it to you. He expertly portrays a man who has descended into the depths of living hell, and now has to plod through life carrying the burden of his own mistakes, and try to make something better out of the time he has left here.
So, you ask yourself, do I really want to go see a suicidally-depressing movie just 5 days before Christmas?
Yes, you do.
It's not a flawless film. There were more than a few moments when I sat there writing the upcoming dialogue in my head before they actually spoke it, and a few scenes where I said, "Oh, I know what's going to happen." Despite this, the ending did catch me a little off-guard, and had some minor surprises.
But you don't watch this for the SURPRISES- you watch it for that sense that even the worst of us can do something to make the world better. I'm not going to recommend you take the Will Smith character's path to world-bettering, necessarily, but I think it would be nice if more than a few of us could carry away a desire to be a little better after we watch this.
Yeah, I know, I'm expecting too much. So just go watch it and enjoy that "I feel so good but this was such a friggin sad movie" feeling afterwards.
I give it a 7 out of 10, and maybe an Oscar nomination or two.
2 comments:
Dude iI hated the long, long depression and I di predict the ending though the methods were somewhat oss. Connor Cruise (son of Tim) played Smith as a boy).
Anyway YES! Was like so way more fun I loved it. I a, still depressed from Seven Pounds.
this movie is not a must see in the theaters. why? it's ridiculously predictable and drawn out. plus we've seen this plot in other movies.
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