Even though toned and watered down heavily, Hancock’s first hour (the uncut version) still conveys most of the character’s core, and the struggles he faces as a barely tolerated superhero in the streets of Los Angeles.

| Aug 20, 2023

It's the lack of real, substantial solutions for an outlandish fantasy tale that prevents this film from being as extraordinary as Hancock himself.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Nov 28, 2020

Silly? Sure. However, when Smith's not trying to win Oscars he's practically perfected the art of selling silliness at the box-office.

| Original Score: 1.5/4.0 | Sep 10, 2020

A darker brand of comedy that Will Smith has usually dealt in over the years, and all the better for it.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 14, 2020

I wanted to like Hancock, especially after its rather enjoyable beginning, but ultimately the film is nothing more than a disappointing case of what-could-have-been.

| Original Score: C | Oct 29, 2019

Some melodrama and a superwoman later, it loses steam.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 30, 2019

Shots suddenly angled from the upper-right-hand-corner kitchen cupboard for no discernible reason. Tone shifts from "Ha-ha-ha, that Jason Bateman sure is amusing," to "Oh, my God, can anyone stop the bleeding?!?"

| Nov 4, 2018

Bateman, whose name is usually mud when it comes to appearing in good movies, brings out the best in Smith the actor and the action becomes surprisingly fresh and funny.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 4, 2018

[At first] Hancock is great fun, quirky and hilarious... Smith especially proves every minute why he's become the best in Hollywood. Then the movie takes an odd turn and goes into a whole other story, with different -- and deeper, I guess -- meanings.

| Aug 26, 2018

... the tape is an excellent way to have fun, without question. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 20, 2018

Hancock is funny and pretty fresh but finally gives up on idiosyncrasy, leaving you nothing much to discover.

| Mar 6, 2015

And if you're still not willing to forgive Hancock, and least there is the scene where he shoves a guy's head up another guy's butt.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 21, 2014

Hancock is what happens when you have talented people working on quality material: it's really a no-brainer that it works so well.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 14, 2012

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 16, 2011

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 16, 2011

Kicks into tired oh-it-sucks-to-have-superpowers territory and opens up a can of racial issues it has no intention of investigating

| Aug 26, 2009

I have no problem signing on to recommend this. Get it? Signing on...John Hancock... nevermind.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 3, 2009

...an engaging and thoroughly innovative spin on the superhero genre...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 28, 2008

What an odd movie!

| Original Score: 5/10 | Nov 21, 2008

The trouble with Hancock is that its wry, reflexive commentary on the pressure of being Will Smith gets lost in the more typical reflexivity of the big-budget Hollywood fiasco.

| Oct 18, 2008