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33 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 78Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleNow, with Seven Pounds, the transformation of Will Smith is complete: Gone is any trace of love-me impishness, replaced by one of the sourest pusses Hollywood has seen since Joaquin Phoenix got his Screen Actors Guild card.
- 75Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanGripping but gap-filled Seven Pounds will have half your brain asking "How could this be?" and the other half saying, "Shut up and go along for the ride!" Listen to the latter voice.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertSome people will find it emotionally manipulative. Some people like to be emotionally manipulated. I do, when it's done well.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe film's Italian director does achieve in his second American outing a pleasing blend of Hollywood professional sheen and European sensitivity to character details and nuances.
- 60Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanThe movie is pretty unabashed about the all-but-corny sentiment: Each of us has something to give.
- 50Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeySeven Pounds is one part jigsaw puzzle, one part "The Giving Tree" and both parts marinated in melancholy.
- 38Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsSeven Pounds has a heart as big as all outdoors. Unfortunately it's made out of high-fructose bull.
- 25Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumAn unintentionally ludicrous drama of repentance.
- 20VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyAn endlessly sentimental fable about sacrifice and redemption that aims only at the heart at the expense of the head. Intricately constructed so as to infuriate anyone predominantly guided by rationality and intellect.
- 0Village VoiceVillage VoiceDispiritingly obvious and phony from top to bottom.