WILL SMITH - MOVIE REVIEWS: HANCOCK (2)

MOVIE REVIEWS: HANCOCK (2)

Additional reviews for Hancock , starring Will Smith, are appearing today (Wednesday) following the movie's release in some cities Tuesday night. And, for the most part, they are no more enthusiastic than the initial ones. Stephen Hunter in the Washington Post writes that the movie "turns out to be one of the strangest freak shows to arrive since the mermaid, the monkey-faced boy and Rip the wonder peanut. In fact, the most powerful amusement it generates is trying to figure out what thinking went behind it, what executive leap of faith justified its reportedly $150 million budget." Like other critics Michael Sragow in the Baltimore Sun, enjoyed the opening of the film but was disappointed with the rest of it and particularly the ending twist. "If only they had found a way to untwist their story, they might have come up with an ending that didn't leave audiences feeling screwed," he writes. And Mick LaSalle in the San Francisco Chronicle concludes: " Hancock is more intelligent than most summer blockbusters and features at its center a thought-out and committed performance by Will Smith. But in the end it's merely almost good."

02/07/2008