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Hancock

Hancock (2008)

July. 01,2008
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6.4
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PG-13
| Fantasy Action

Hancock is a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's inflicted during his lifesaving heroics. The agent's idea of imprisoning the antihero to make the world miss him proves successful, but will Hancock stick to his new sense of purpose or slip back into old habits?

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Wordiezett
2008/07/01

So much average

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Odelecol
2008/07/02

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

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AnhartLinkin
2008/07/03

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

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InformationRap
2008/07/04

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

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kpwhitu0
2008/07/05

This film is one of the best first hour of superhero films ever. Simple as that. For the first hour it is funny, clever and has the correct amount of action. It is worth a watch, until the mood and story of the film changes too much. Without spoiling it, it becomes poor. It almost feels like no one really knew how it should actually end so botched together a really poor scenario. Kind of really like the film and hate it at the same time.

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grantss
2008/07/06

John Hancock is a superhero. A superhero who's also an alcoholic and let himself go somewhat. He's now quite unpopular as his issues have lead to him destroying millions of dollars of property. Then a PR man decides to help him rebuild his image...Entertaining, and original in that this superhero is quite flawed. Quite funny at times too (it has Jason Bateman in it, remember).First half was good, and moved along at a brisk pace. Writer and director tried to be too clever and emotional in the latter half of the movie, resulting in the fizz disappearing.Not great, but worth a watch.

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Christian Hannah
2008/07/07

Hancock I feel was unjustly criticized because the trailers marketed it as a goofy superhero comedy when in reality, it takes dramatic turns to show the dark side of being the only being with superpowers. However, I feel like it balances tones very evenly. The dramatic parts are very well done, and the comedic parts are hilarious. Hancock is a prime example of why you shouldn't judge a movie based on the marketing.9/10

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a_chinn
2008/07/08

This film came out the same year as "Iron Man," which started off the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I think this clever send-up of superhero films should have come out later, when it could have been a commentary/satire of the now very played out superhero film. This story has Will Smith as an grungy, alcoholic superhero who will fly in to save the day for various situations, but does so drunkenly, haphazardly, and always with wild amounts of property damage. That is until he saves the life of PR man Jason Bateman who offers to help Hancock with an image makeover. It's a clever script by Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, from an earlier script by Vincent Ngo, though at it's heart it's still a lightweight summer comedy. Smith and Bateman are both quite likable, and Charlize Theron is good, though underused, as Bateman's wife. Directed by Peter Berg, who did the terrific movie and TV versions of "Friday Night Lights," but who also the insipid board game film adaptation "Battleship," delivers solid action and likable characters, which is better than you get in most summer blockbuster films.

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