Seven Pounds (Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Barry Pepper) – Will Smith is the biggest star in the world, meaning his movies are instant hits and huge box office. This is true in the big-budget action thrillers, in a chick flick like Hitch, and in serious dramas like The Pursuit of Happiness. His streak of #1 movies is the most of any actor, having surpassed Jim Carrey’s. But every streak has to end, and it ended for Will with Seven Pounds. And with good reason. Talk about depressing stories, Seven Pounds is the feel-bad story of the holiday season. What we see early in the film is an engaging man who wants to help people; I mean, really help people in what appears to be acts of random kindness. But it is far more than this. He is on a mission, and we’re not sure why until late in the film. The premise is interesting but the execution is amazingly bad. It’s boring and slow – a deadly combination. The music makes it worse. And while there is a love story here to create conflict in the lead character, the impetus for the relationship is not set up very well. All we know is that Ben Thomas (Smith) has a pact with his lifelong friend, apparently unlimited amounts of time (even though he is supposed to be an IRS agent), a preoccupation with jellyfish, and a mission of kindness. I wish Smith’s personality could have carried this film but it doesn’t. It gets bogged down in multiple story plots, too much time in hospitals, and in a bunch of scenes in the rain (did you ever notice that people stand, walk and run in the rain without umbrellas only in the movies?). If you like Will Smith, add this to your viewing list when it comes out in video. If you paid good money to see it, I’m sorry for you.