Good Comedy, Bad Drama.

Rating: 6/10 (18 July 2008)

Hancock Is the story of a particularly useless superhero, who while hated by the general public, manages to befriend a floundering PR agent. This may sound drab, but to my surprise it was actually good fun and induced a few chuckles along the way. Hancock then gets slightly too close to his only friends wife, and things get....strange to say the least.
After a good run, Hancock then gives up its comedy elements, and turns into some kind of melodrama. This then unfunny comedy drags on for the final half hour until its perplexing end that then concludes the rotting narrative concocted by its director.
The gags in the first half of the film are priceless and had me writhing blissfully in my cinema chair. The clever jokes then turn into Farcicle crash bang wallop sequences, probably thrown in to amuse the ice cream clad screaming children, armed with snot and tears dragged into the screen by their parents.
Will Smith as usual is brilliant and continues to shine with his humour. Charlize Theron looks stunning and her acting isn't that bad. The rest of the cast are forgettable unfortunately and didn't stand out or increase the narrative in any way.
This film would have scored more highly if it had stuck to its guns and stayed with comedy, rather then trying to craftily swap genre and standing out like an amateur transvestite at a beauty pageant.
Still worth a viewing, but prepare for bitter disappointment as this floundering comedrama simply runs out of funny juice after 45 minutes.