Seven Pounds: Jelly Fish

Official Site: www.sevenpounds.com
Director(s): Gabriele Muccino
Writer(s): Grant Nieporte
Producer(s): Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal , James Lassiter, Will Smith, and Steve Tisch

Starring: Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Michael Ealy, and Barry Pepper, (IMDd).
Rated PG-13, 118 minutes.

Ben Thomas (Will Smith) is a distraught IRS tax collector who sought seven worthy people to help by selecting them from the IRS database. One of the people Thomas selected was Emily Posa (Rosario Dawson), a woman suffering from a heart condition that left her very little time to live. Thomas falls in love with Posa, and he ultimately helped her in way she could have never imagined.

It was difficult to understand the direction of the plot, but the film was crafted that way apparently. The plot emerged in the scene where he spoke to a laconic bed ridden senior about what type of person her general caretaker was. From that scene, one sensed, Ben Thomas wanted to help deserving people. It seemed Ben Thomas needed help also, because he appeared kind, but also bothered and plagued with anguish.

An inspirational film, Seven Pounds induces emotion, as Ben Thomas may serve as the archetype for those who want to learn self sacrifice. The acting was amazing, but Rosario Dawson is the winner. She played that role so well, such genuine emotion. It was difficult no to fall in love with Emily Posa. She was so beautiful and so sweet. According to metacritic.com the film received generally negative reviews, and according to rottenttomatoes.com the film earned 33 fresh tomatoes to 82 rotten ones thus far.This film fits somewhere between a B- and a C+. Stay tuned, movieporium.blogspot.com.




Interview: Rosario Dawson


Interview: Will Smith