Why are we so intrigued with “Seven Pounds”? Mostly because figuring out the “mystery” to it. Some say its easy to figure out during the trailer, but we haven’t really thought about it that hard. We see the film tomorrow and we want to be surprised for once (since we’ve mostly read the scripts for a big chunk of the Oscar bait in advance this year).
Kyle Smith calls the Will Smith starring vehicle, the “third-best movie of ’08.”
Smith’s NY Post-colleague Lou Lumenick, says the film, “should be more accurately titled “Seven Hundred Pounds of Schmaltz” (and warning apparently they’re are big spoilers in his review and we’re not reading them). Yes, it’s the Post of all places, but as bad as that paper is, these guys are not incompetents as far as we can tell (then again, we haven’t paid strict attention).
The film has a N/A rating on Rotten Tomatoes because its just about to start screening wide this week, including one this afternoon we can’t make. Possibly more “reviews” or “thoughts” will be out by the end of the day or tomorrow morning. The “schmaltz” dig is worrysome, but as we’ve said ad nauseum now, the director Gabriele Muccino’s “The Pursuit of Happyness” was accused of being schmaltzy and it was actually quite uplifting in the least-cheesiest of ways (OK, it walked that razor’s edge pretty closely, but more often than not, it was a winner). We’re not invested either way, but we are curious about the film.