Seven Pounds

SEVEN POUNDS (2008) - Dec. 17, 2008
Well made and very well acted but saddled with a narrative structure that keeps the audience at an arm's length for most of the movie, this is a decent film that could have easily been so much better. About a mysterious man who seems to want to help people, though his motivations (and ultimate goal) are kept obscure for almost the entire running-time of the film. This mysteriousness results in a film which is woefully uneven -- the parts with his burgeoning relationship with Rosario Dawson are quite compelling, but it's hard to become too involved in the rest of the film when the audience is left so thoroughly in the dark. **1/2