On HBO. I meant to see it on the big screen when it was doing the rounds in movie houses here, but somehow I never got to it.
I always thought Hancock (2008) to be a comedy, or a movie about a comical action hero. After all, it stars Will Smith as the titular, burnt out, bottle tipping superhero. The movie's first third indeed starts out as per expectations as PR man Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman) sets out to change the public's opinion of Hancock, who is generally seen as an asshole, under the wary eyes of his too-hot-to-be-true wife Mary Embrey (Charlize Theron), who hates to see hubby getting hurt. But then the movie sidetracks and becomes less of a comedy than a drama. Funny man Smith becomes melancholy reincarnate Smith.
Darn sidetracking.
(Running time: 92 minutes)
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