Movie Review- Seven Pounds.

After hearing about this movie and all the positive reviews I read on people's Facebook statuses, from people at barbershop and my friends...I decided to check this Will Smith flick out.

Will Smith plays as Ben Thomas, an IRS tax collector. In the beginning of the movie he makes a 911 phone call and reports of a suicide; him being the victim. Then it randomly cuts into a scene of him swimming in the Pacific Ocean back to his dope house right on the coast. The main plot of the movie centers around Ben helping out these seven random strangers in which he has a list of. How he compiled this list seems random as fuck initially; but in the end it will all make sense. He first "tests" a blind man named Erza over the phone by screaming and dissing him, but notices that he doesn't retaliate. Afterwards Ben feels horrible for what he did because acting like a dick isn't in his nature and he knows that Erza is compassionate. Ben's first face-to-face encounter- Stewart Goodman- fails Ben's "test" because he treats an elderly woman at the hospital like complete shit. The main subplot however revolves around Ben and a young woman named Emily Posa- who is in a dire need of a heart transplant; she has been diagnosed with congestive heart failure and has difficulties even walking her dog. Her debt with the IRS is significant- primarily due to her repeated hospital visits...but Ben promises her that he will freeze her account; citing that he can tell she's a good woman. Ever so slowly over the course of the movie they forge a bond and a romantic connection with each other. Emily is near heads over heels because she's wooed away by Ben's compassion and kind-heartedness...however Ben is more awry and seemingly disinterested; yet his repeated visits to her house tell otherwise. While that subplot develops, Ben helps out Connie- a mother of two who is in an abusive relationship with her boyfriend; gets bone marrow taken out of him to assist a young boy named Nicholas; his friend George who is in need of a kidney transplant- he's considered a good man to Ben because he had been raising money to get Latinos into college; and at the end you'll find out about the others (I won't tell you those).

Back to the main subplot, Emily invites Ben to her house for dinner- which Ben accepts. Emily clearly takes charge of everything (dinner cooked, candlelights; and even gives Ben a present- see the guy doesn't ALWAYS HAVE TO BE THE ONE to give hah). They then engage in a slow dance in which finally the romantic connection clicks. Ben then takes her to her garage studio (where earlier in the movie he had fixed something for her) and she's grateful for this. Their romance is interrupted when Ben goes into his car to grab a present- where his brother Tim confronts him. It turned out they had exchanged things with each other and their names are actually in reverse...but Tim/Ben reminds his brother that he gave him something. He gives his brother back his identity persay and then returns to Emily's house to finish handling business. A real touching scene plays out while they're cuddling each other and play the What If game. They talk about marriage and having children...and they both confess their love to each other...it is an emotional scene, not gonna lie. The artist formerly known as Ben runs to the hospital curious to find out Emily's chances of finding a donor and living. When the lady tells her its basically slim to none, "Ben" is devastated and it leads back to the beginning of the movie (and what caused him to act this way in the first place). Everything comes full-circle and then you go "Ohhhhhh. Wow..."

It is a slow-developing movie and it's not one of those movies in which you're gonna be blown away by whatsoever. It's pretty boring and although you have an idea from the very beginning as to what will happen; it never fully comes to climax until the end. It also feels sort of choppy plot-wise. However, from a human compassion standpoint- it does an excellent job of conveying how precious life is and that you can be rewarded- or punished- for your actions. Even if you believe that what you're doing is just an ordinary everyday thing- to someone else it may mean the world to them. If it comes from the heart, it's that much more special. This movie will motivate you to do good hah. Overall Grade: B

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