I can describe "Hancock", in two words: Very Odd.

Hancock is a superhero who lives here on Earth and looks like a regular person. But he acts like a bum and is mean to everybody and even when he saves people he causes so much trouble that no one likes him. One day he saves Ray, played a Jason Bateman, from being killed by a train. Ray does like Hancock and decides he can change Hancock's image and make him into a true hero.

From the original trailer I had high hopes that "Hancock" was going to be a fun action/comedy. But most of the funny scenes were in the trailer and they're all in the first half of the movie. The second half includes a surprising twist and then story gets very violent and serious.

"Hancock" is rated PG-13 and could have been R. Along with the violence there's a ton of bad language, some actually spoken by kids. If you are a parent thinking of having your kids see this movie: don't even think about it!

On The Official Kid Critic Report Card, "Hancock" gets a sad, but true, D+.

This was Will Smith's fifth 4th of July film, and it's his worst. It's an action/sci fi/adventure/romance/drama/comedy that doesn't focus enough on any of those areas to be any good.

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