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Hancock

There are heroes. There are superheroes. And then there's Hancock.

2008 · 1h 32m · PG-13 Action, Fantasy
Directed by Peter Berg

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Overview

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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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

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41%
Tomatometer
Fresh

It's definitely a mish-mash, but really good performances.

Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten

The strain of messianism in Will Smith movies is becoming ever more pronounced.

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Rotten

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

Tom Charity, CNN.com
Fresh

A peculiar and occasionally charming poke in the ribs of the superman myth.

Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly
Fresh

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.

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

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