Seven Pounds

"Seven names. Seven strangers. One secret."

2008 2h 3m EN

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7.6

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26%

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7.6

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★7.6TMDB · 7,408🥫26%Rotten Tomatoes●36Metacritic★7.6IMDB · 324,334

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Synopsis

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An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.

“Seven names. Seven strangers. One secret.”

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Cast

Will Smith
Ben
Rosario Dawson
Emily
Woody Harrelson
Ezra
Michael Ealy
Ben's Brother
Barry Pepper
Dan
Elpidia Carrillo
Connie
Robinne Lee
Sarah
Bill Smitrovich
George Ristuccia

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gabriele Muccino
Writers: Grant Nieporte
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $55M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.1× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Gabriele Muccino, shot by Philippe Le Sourd. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Angelo Milli. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Hughes Winborne shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Will Smith and Rosario Dawson and Woody Harrelson carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Gabriele Muccino directs. Philippe Le Sourd behind the camera. Angelo Milli scores. Hughes Winborne cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

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1Mid-budget at $55M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Made its money back 3.1× over at the box office.
3Released 18 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
5Directed by Gabriele Muccino, shot by Philippe Le Sourd. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Angelo Milli. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Hughes Winborne shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Will Smith and Rosario Dawson and Woody Harrelson carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Seven names. Seven strangers. One secret.".
10IMDB entry: tt0814314 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 12 themes, including "sadness", "vegetarian", "tax collector", "blind".
12Released under 16 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Philippe Le Sourd
Original score: Angelo Milli
Editing: Hughes Winborne
Production design: J. Michael Riva
Costume design: Sharen Davis
Makeup / hair: Pierce Austin
VFX supervisor: Danny Braet
Sound: D. Chris Smith
Stunt coordinator: Eddie Braun
Runtime: 123 min · 2h 3m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $55,000,000
Box office: $168,167,691
Return: 306% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Seven Pounds (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes: 26% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 36/100
IMDB rating: 7.6/10 · 324,334 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

4 wins & 7 nominations total

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CinemaSerf2025-12-27
★ 7/10
We know that “Tim” (Will Smith) was involved in a car accident that saw his fiancée and six others killed. Now, six months later, he quits his well-paid engineering job and determines to do what he can to help make seven people’s lives better. Firstly, he helps his younger brother (“Ben”) with a partial lung transplant, and then he adopts his IRS inspector identity to help out “Emily” (Rosario Dawson) who has got herself $50k in the hole with Uncle Sam. He isn’t cavalier about whom he helps, indeed he goes to quite some effort to select those he wants to assist - and it’s a far from traditional sort of aid that he offers, too. Part of his liver goes to childcare worker “Holly”, then a kidney to “George”. Bone marrow (ouch!) to a young lad and then then thanks to “Holly” he encounters “Connie” (Elpedia Carrillo). She is having a very hard time with her abusive boyfriend. His solution to her predicament is magnanimous and sees him, and his pet jellyfish, take up residence in a grotty motel where he continues to selectively dispense what's left of his largesse. “Ezra” (Woody Harrelson) is a blind telesales man, a vegetarian who sells meat, and a man who appears to have the patience of a saint. “Tim” is still clearly struggling with the grief of the accident and it’s ensuing guilt and loneliness and he has a plan to deal with this - the snag, however, is that he hadn’t factored in his new relationship with “Emily”. Aside from helping her with her huge debt, she also has an heart condition and as he spends more time weeding her unkempt garden, romance blooms. Will it offer him some salvation of his own, or is he too set on his own path? It’s quite a touching story that allows Smith to prove that he’s actually capable of some nuanced acting for a change. He delivers well here as does Dawson but for me, it's the sparing role from Harrelson that stole this for me and again it proves that he, too, can play a convincing character in an engaging less-is-more style. I also liked the fact that the denouement, indeed the whole film, kept clear of sentiment as this "Tim" makes something unique from his own version of a “living will”. It’s a compelling film to watch with a collection of fine supporting performances, and not at all what I was expecting.

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