Synopsis
Hancock is a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's inflicted during his lifesaving heroics. The agent's idea of imprisoning the antihero to make the world miss him proves successful, but will Hancock stick to his new sense of purpose or slip back into old habits?
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Cast
- Will SmithJohn Hancock
- Charlize TheronMary Embrey
- Jason BatemanRay Embrey
- Jae HeadAaron Embrey
- Eddie MarsanRed
- David MatteyMan Mountain
- Maetrix FittenMatrix
- Thomas LennonMike
- Johnny GaleckiJeremy
- Hayley Marie NormanHottie
- 90
The New Yorker
Hancock suggests new visual directions and emotional tonalities for pop. It's by far the most enjoyable big movie of the summer. - 88
Philadelphia Inquirer
A rollicking tale of rehabilitation and redemption, rife with cool special effects, Hancock is smart and surprisingly raunchy. - 75
Rolling Stone
Bateman doesn't make a false move, and a stellar Charlize Theron springs her own bolts from the blue as Ray's wife. As for Smith, he's on fire. There's nothing like a star shining on his highest beams. You follow him anywhere. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
Hancock is a lot of fun, if perhaps a little top-heavy with stuff being destroyed. Smith makes the character more subtle than he has to be, more filled with self-doubt, more willing to learn. - 75
Miami Herald
The real hit of the movie is the hilarious Bateman. His low-key humor makes you wish Hancock could have saved Bateman's short-lived sitcom "Arrested Development." Now that would have been heroic. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
The visual effects are stellar, but the true star is Smith, who again demonstrates acting chops as well as effortless charisma in a vehicle that's only occasionally worthy of his superhuman skills. - 40
Los Angeles Times
It's a strange feeling to see the summer's most promising premise self-destruct into something bizarre and unsatisfying, but that is the Hancock experience. - 38
Chicago Tribune
Not even Smith's charisma can mitigate the chaos that is Hancock.