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Hancock is pretty good. Its pretty funny and has a decent story which makes it worth watching it. Sure, Its not as good as other smith titles, But its still full of decenty so if you want a Will Smith movie that takes a break from drama go out...
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Hancock is pretty good. Its pretty funny and has a decent story which makes it worth watching it. Sure, Its not as good as other smith titles, But its still full of decenty so if you want a Will Smith movie that takes a break from drama go out and rent Hancock Which gets a 4.5/5

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Posted may 10, 2009 8:01 am pt

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i liked the movie. i mean, he catches an attitude quick and he could be "mean" but its funny. i liked the movie.

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Posted mar 23, 2009 4:11 pm pt

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i liked the movie. i mean, he catches an attitude quick and he could be "mean" but its funny. i liked the movie.

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Posted mar 23, 2009 4:11 pm pt

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i liked the movie. i mean, he catches an attitude quick and he could be "mean" but its funny. i liked the movie.

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Posted mar 23, 2009 4:10 pm pt

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i liked the movie. i mean, he catches an attitude quick and he could be an "buthole" but its funny. i liked the movie.

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Posted mar 23, 2009 4:09 pm pt

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i liked the movie. i mean, he catches an attitude quick and he could be an **** but its funny. i liked the movie.

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Posted mar 23, 2009 4:08 pm pt

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Not the greatest movie. I liked the comedy in this movie more than the action but still an okay movie.

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Posted jan 20, 2009 6:29 am pt

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After all the hype leading up to this movie I thought I would not enjoy it so much. I was wrong because this movie delivered. I love the theme of the show - the lonely hero. I think the back story provided from Charlize Theron's character was...
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After all the hype leading up to this movie I thought I would not enjoy it so much. I was wrong because this movie delivered. I love the theme of the show - the lonely hero. I think the back story provided from Charlize Theron's character was pretty interesting even if it was unnecessary for this film. I love Super Hero movies and this movie brought something new to the table. Here's to hoping for a sequel.

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Posted jan 3, 2009 12:50 am pt

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Hancock is a movie about a drunkard hero without a home with an unclear past. Will Smith, Charlize Theron, and Jason Bateman were all cast perfectly for their parts. Smith comes across as a funny anti-hero, Bateman as a kind of dorky PR...
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Hancock is a movie about a drunkard hero without a home with an unclear past. Will Smith, Charlize Theron, and Jason Bateman were all cast perfectly for their parts. Smith comes across as a funny anti-hero, Bateman as a kind of dorky PR agent, and Theron as an ice-cold mystery. I agree and disagree with some things other critics and reviewers have said. I agree that the first two-thirds of the movie is great and I agree that the main villain is stupid. Most reviewers, however, take a huge dump on the story, specifically "The Twist." "The Twist" is not as bad as so many people suggest. I understand that it adds more questions but it also answers some. It was a good move in my opinion and ready for Hancock 2.

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Posted dec 28, 2008 10:53 am pt

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another top notch hard hitting action flick from Will Smith productions. Its cool and its crazy I think you'll like Hancock. Its got big budget blockbuster written all over it. They coulda made alot more money off this if they did it right. Will...
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another top notch hard hitting action flick from Will Smith productions. Its cool and its crazy I think you'll like Hancock. Its got big budget blockbuster written all over it. They coulda made alot more money off this if they did it right. Will Smith plays it cool looks the part acts the part and is the part. This movie has that WOW factor. It puts Superman to shame. still the film could have been much more. it was too short. I want more.

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Posted dec 26, 2008 4:45 am pt

• [+] The New Yorker
  
  90
  Hancock suggests new visual directions and emotional tonalities for pop. It's by far the most enjoyable big movie of the summer.

  by David Denby | Read Full Review »
• [+] Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  88
  A rollicking tale of rehabilitation and redemption, rife with cool special effects, Hancock is smart and surprisingly raunchy.

  by Steven Rea | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Onion (A.V. Club)
  
  83
  It's a daring, even mildly challenging mixture for a superhero film, and while the pieces don't entirely add up, the puzzle is at least original.

  by Tasha Robinson | Read Full Review »
• [+] Charlotte Observer
  
  75
  One of the rare action films that needed to be longer. Then changes in mood wouldn't be so abrupt, and director Peter Berg and writers Vincent Ngo and Vince Gilligan would've had more time to reveal things we want to know.

  by Lawrence Toppman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Rolling Stone
  
  75
  Bateman doesn't make a false move, and a stellar Charlize Theron springs her own bolts from the blue as Ray's wife. As for Smith, he's on fire. There's nothing like a star shining on his highest beams. You follow him anywhere.

  by Peter Travers | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
  75
  Hancock is a lot of fun, if perhaps a little top-heavy with stuff being destroyed. Smith makes the character more subtle than he has to be, more filled with self-doubt, more willing to learn.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] Miami Herald
  
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  The real hit of the movie is the hilarious Bateman. His low-key humor makes you wish Hancock could have saved Bateman's short-lived sitcom "Arrested Development." Now that would have been heroic.

  by Connie Ogle | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
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  Hancock makes for one unexpectedly satisfying and kinky addition to Hollywood's superhero chronicles. Touching and odd, laden with genuine twists and grounded by three appealing lead performances.

  by Manohla Dargis | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
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  As popcorn movies go, this is fleet, funny, and even thoughtful: its central question, nicely underplayed by director Peter Berg, is why power and altruism never seem to intersect.

  by J.R. Jones | Read Full Review »
• [+] Portland Oregonian
  
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  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 Peter Berg for trying something different.

  by M. E. Russell | Read Full Review »
• [+] Baltimore Sun
  
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  The first half is diverting and inventive. But the filmmakers use the second half as a box-office insurance policy. They fill it with the conventional super-heroics and heartbreak that they spend the first 45 minutes gleefully deconstructing.

  by Michael Sragow | Read Full Review »
• [+] Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  
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  The script doesn't always find the most effective way to the heart of the conflicts and Berg struggles to balance the mix of tones and the conflicts of man and superman, but he never sacrifices the integrity of his characters or their relationships for an easy ending. That alone makes Hancock the most adult of the new wave of superhero dramas.

  by Sean Axmaker | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  
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  The promise is dangled yet never developed. Rather, the narrative slips into a backstory that alternates between confusing and contradictory.

  by Rick Groen | Read Full Review »
• [+] ReelViews
  
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  Sometimes funny, sometimes clever, and occasionally involving, but it's never brilliant and its edge is compromised by the neutering that accompanies the teen-friendly PG-13 rating.

  by James Berardinelli | Read Full Review »
• [+] Salon.com
  
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  Hancock is just intriguing enough that I kept wishing it were better. But Berg doesn't have the subtle touch that this material needs.

  by Stephanie Zacharek | Read Full Review »