it all start with a suicide . or be it a car crash . i guess it all depend on whether you choose to start at the beginning or the end . director gabriele muccino give you the ability to enter his new film seven pound whichever way you prefer a he start at the end and work his way back to the beginning and show u the course of event that lead u to that heartbreaking 911 call . this be one powerful movie while maybe that be because i be a softy when it come to dramas of this ilk and drip with weighty moment and chock full of devastate performance and but either way and a film work best when it truly touch me and when it linger in the back of my head hour after leave the theatre . and this be from the team that bring u the overrated and sappy and and not all that redeem pursuit of happiness and so i will just say my anticipation be closely guard for a big letdown . with all that and though and i be with seven pound from the opening frame all the way until the credit roll . even though you figure out what will smith character be do and that secret mission he be try to complete and it be the way in which he fulfill his penance that shine bright and leave you with a tear fill smile at the end . our entry point be a bit jarring and leave u off kilter try to comprehend what be go on . smith thomas have list of name and one of people we do not know and one of people it appear he be attempt to follow and audit . work with the irs allow him access to these stranger for a glimpse into their life in order to see whether they be worthy of a gift he have the power to give thema gift that could completely alter their circumstance . he call an old childhood friend ( barry pepper ) and remind him to do what it be he promise and to not second guess his decision because there be no change his mind . even in a role as small a pepper and you can not help but feel the utter grief hold aloft in the background and hang above everyone head . it be his character and see maybe three time and that really encompass the primal level of emotion be deal with . his breakdown and whether tear streak and compose or head in hand convulsion and show the bond these two men have be one that stand the test of time and any circumstance to come it way . after that phone call and begin the journey to meet new people . thomas be on some sort of mission to help alleviate the monetary trouble of mortally ill folk and try to stay afloat despite the heavy burden of medical bill and survival . this progression take many turn and from a blind and vegan and meat salesman that he berate to see whether he can get him to explode while to a phase two donor necessity heart patient and unable to print her line of stationary and or even run with her great dane duke while to an abused and scar latino mother of two and too afraid to leave her boyfriend while to a die hockey coach that instill faith in a downtrodden youth community while to a little boy in need of a bone marrow transplant . there be people who live with the pain and inevitable future with a disposition of hope and want to cherish each day and and there be those attempt to beat it by cut corner and spend all their money at the expense of those who need it to go out in style . why it be up to thomas to weed through the mix and find those that deserve his gift be unknown at first and as be why this man and see in flashback a an aeronautical engineer with a beautiful wife and huge beachfront home and be now live in a motel and drive a beat up car and go door to door in order to audit for the irs . a he say and though and he kind of stumble into the job . smith quest a thomas be a long and painful one and temper with moment of clarity and honest compassion . a a man with the mean to help and he take his job seriously and cross off people undeserving and test those he believe be worthy to the nth degree . if that mean he must yell and make fun of them and he must do it . at every step and though and you see the suffering in his eye and the pain eat away at his soul and take each step towards his fate and one a a saint of redemption and not only for those he want to help and but for himself as well . it be an award worthy performance and i only wish smith would do more drama like this instead of his blockbuster action summer tentpoles and because and while they be fun and this guy be too good for them . the man well win an oscar before he be do or it will be a travestyat least in my mind . the rest of the cast be stellar across the board . woody harrelson a the blind salesman be pitch perfect handicap with a joy of life . his shy smile and belief in humanity come across throughout and whether on the phone be yell at and sit in a diner eat his pie and or at the piano in the park and playing for all who will listen . elpidia carrillo and a the abused mother and be fantastic and show the hard evolution from prideful to scar to completely overwhelm by the kindness of a stranger and allow her family to finally be safe . and rosario dawson shine a the once hot young woman and beaten and break by lengthy hospital stay and all but give up on live life to find love and happiness . it be the introduction of smith thomas that open her eye again to be a woman and a free spirit sexual creature that can just live without fear of wonder what day will be her last .