Let’s take a look at some of the Seven Pounds reviews – they’re not all bad, but most critics aren’t kind. And I’m not sure the vague previews are going to fill seats, even if it is Will Smith!

Metacritic.com scores Seven Pounds at a 35 out of 100, based on 26 critics reviews. Among them:

Seattle Post-Intelligencer, William Arnold: “A movie that plays better if you know nothing about it going in.”

Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert: “Some people will find it emotionally manipulative. Some people like to be emotionally manipulated. I do, when it’s done well.”

USA Today, Claudia Puig: “While it doesn’t break any new ground or provide any revelations, Seven Pounds is unabashedly emotional and cautiously hopeful. It’s the feel-good movie for these feel-bad times.”

Boston Globe, Wesley Morris: “I’d like to make a 911 call myself: Lord, please stop this increasingly fine actor (Smith) from climbing onto another cross.”

TV Guide, Perry Seibert: “An insult to the intelligence of most moviegoers.”

The New York Times, A.O. Scott: “The most transcendently, eye-poppingly, call-your-friend-ranting-in-the-middle-of-the-night-just-to-go-over-it-one-more-time crazily awful motion pictures ever made.”