FAM Movie Review : Seven Pounds (2008)

Genre : Drama | Romance

Our Rating : 8.5/10

Director : Gabriele Muccino ( Maker of Pursuit of Happiness )

Starring : Will Smith, Rosario Dawson and Woody Harrelson

Seven Pounds directed by Gabriele is one of a intense emotional Drama set on One man's life and how his path to redemption totally effects the life of seven strangers in a great way with a positive note. Plot revolves around Ben Thomas ( Will smith ) a MIT Grad working for IRS ( Internal Revenue Service of  National Treasury ) who is haunted by a past and to heal himself , decides to help seven different strangers not connected with each other and  shows how far Ben goes to keep up his promise . Movie starts with a Phone call to  911 and sure below actual phone conversation would intensify the movie plot

911 Operator: 911 emergency...
Ben Thomas: I need an ambulance.
911 Operator: I have you at 9212 West Third Street in Los Angles.
Ben Thomas: That's room number 2.
911 Operator: What's the emergency?
Ben Thomas: There's been a suicide.
911 Operator: Who's the victim?
Ben Thomas: I am.

Yes , that's it , this is the call and you will definitely be surprised whats going on here. With keeping viewers guessing , the next shot takes you to Ben who is shown collecting audit details from National Treasury about few strangers. Later he tries contacting them one by one as a IRS Staff and that their income details been audited. Not just these , he also contacts other few people with total of seven strangers who are standing almost at edge of their life lost totally with no one to help.

In seven days, God created the world. And in seven seconds, I shattered mine ~ Ben

Starting with a young boy with cancer who is looking for a donor for bone marrow transplant , A Coach who has renel failure undergoing dialysis to survive , Emily Posa (Rosario Dawson) who has congenital heart failure needing a donor for heart transplant , Another lady with two children suggested by department of children safety n family services  whose life is made miserable by his boy friend with her no were to go locking herself in a house in slum , a Customer care employ Ezra Turner (Woody Harrelson) who is blind and two other people with Lung failure.Yes half way through the movie , one will almost get the complete path where the movie is heading too but how its presented to the viewers is what matters. Why Ben called 911 with a strange note , why did he want to help seven strangers so badly, What is that past which is tormenting him ? Is he really a IRS Staff or he is just using that image to reach out to people ? will all be answered in second half of the movie keeping you stalled at your seat. In process of helping all these strangers , Ben couldn't help himself falling in love with Emily Posa who is counting her last days and how he manages to be with her throughout her life is a emotional note directors take you through. Climax will be as one imagined but with mind-blowing sadness and tears on your eye's which  is not so uncommon with a plot like this and with a astonishing performance by Will smith. Sure the movie sends a strong message of how meaningful one life can be and how it can be worked in a way to assist many other life's who are desperately looking out for helping hand.

Gabriele has worked out a great magic with this movie and sure thing she couldn't have brought this out in flying colors without Will smith leading the role. He clearly made people realize that Birth and death is no mean , its what you do to others interim is all that matters. This movie will surely serve Will smith one of his all time best next to Pursuit of happiness which is again Gabriele's own work. Seven pounds is such a powerful and emotional script , a tear dropping and mind blowing experience brought together in a single package with one man show Mr.Will smith right from start to finish. Though there were some places logic's were missed , but who cares as the melancholic flow of this movie washes them away . Last fifteen minutes of the movie would bring you that much needed feelings in you and would crush your heart with no much pain , you couldn't help prevent  tears on corners of your eye's. Beautiful screenplay and a excellent BGM Throughout the movie especially " Its a new day its a new life " OST delivers that extra punch needed and its simply awesome.

[ You can listen to the soundtrack here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE96AIlLJ9Y ] .

FAM Punch Line : Seven pounds would definitely add a extra pound of emotional feeling to your heart and would stay with you in your mind forever. Watching this movie is a haunting experience for sure and is  not for light hear-ted. Its a incredible performance and a  Must watch movie of Will Smith.