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By Stephen Farber (295) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 24 Nov 2010

The visual effects are stellar, but the true star is Smith, who again demonstrates acting chops as well as effortless charisma in a vehicle…

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By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 25 Sep 2010

As popcorn movies go, this is fleet, funny, and even thoughtful: its central question, nicely underplayed by director Peter Berg, is why power…

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By M. E. Russell (386) for Portland Oregonian (2,019) on 08 May 2010

In a film marketplace where even the best superhero movies tend to do a lot of the same stuff, I really admire Will Smith and bad-boy director…

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By Lisa Schwarzbaum (1,672) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 02 May 2010

Hancock can revel in schmuckery, of course, because you and I and cute kids and peaceful oldies worldwide know in advance that there's no way…

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By Fernando F. Croce (840) for CinePassion (694) on 25 Aug 2009

Kicks into tired oh-it-sucks-to-have-superpowers territory and opens up a can of racial issues it has no intention of investigating…

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By Stephen Hunter (927) for Washington Post (9,851) on 21 Apr 2009

The problem is that director Peter Berg, aided and abetted by Smith and Theron and third banana Jason Bateman, seem to have made it literally,…

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By David Denby (676) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 04 Mar 2009

Hancock suggests new visual directions and emotional tonalities for pop. It's by far the most enjoyable big movie of the summer…

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By Tony Macklin (521) for Fayetteville Free Weekly (88) on 01 Feb 2009

A few actors such as Clint Eastwood, marry substance and popularity. But very few. Most actors' egos lead them to slum in the box office…

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By David Nusair (3,363) for Reel Film Reviews (3,339) on 28 Nov 2008

an engaging and thoroughly innovative spin on the superhero genre…

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By Tony Medley (1,109) for tonymedley.com (461) on 17 Oct 2008

This is a different take on the superhero genre with an interesting, offbeat twist…

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By Brent Simon (1,142) for Screen International (2,241) on 17 Oct 2008

A fun, fairly crisp opening hour gives way to a muddled, entirely unsatisfying ending…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 17 Oct 2008

It becomes an entirely different film, one not really premised on the bad-superhero comedy idea, and the film is then oddly without a sense…

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By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 17 Oct 2008

A relatively satisfying ending that leaves just enough of an opening to warrant a sequel if the box office receipts are right…

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By Tom Charity (192) for CNN.com (607) on 17 Oct 2008

Train wrecks are intrinsically spectacular, and Will Smith's new movie offers a doozy. Two of them, in fact…

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By Jeff Bayer (445) for The Scorecard Review (437) on 26 Aug 2008

Will Smith, Fourth of July, superhero. It all seems to add up to a great combination. But they only made half a film…

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By Jolene Mendez (257) for Entertainment Spectrum (633) on 12 Aug 2008

The fourth of July will not be the only day for fireworks, July 2nd will definitely heat up at your local theatre when Hancock is released…

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By Sean Gandert (81) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 06 Aug 2008

While the film never quite reaches an Alan Moore-level deconstruction of the superhero mythos, it has a fun time offering up all the joy of…

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By Bruce Bennett (577) for Spectrum (St. George, Utah) (575) on 18 Jul 2008

Has plenty of funny, even tender moments until it veers in a different, messy direction an hour in…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 17 Jul 2008

It's let down by a disappointingly uneven plot, painfully underwritten characters and dodgy effects…

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By Karina Montgomery (580) for Cinerina (549) on 16 Jul 2008

Smart enough to use the CGI madness in service to the story, rather than just ending and scene or conflict with a big effecty showdown…

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