I wanted to like this but I did not.

Rating: 6/10 (26 November 2008)

This Will Smith film is not the sort of movie, that this fine actor usually make, I could not & neither will audiences accept him as a drunk,bum like appearing super hero. The last 30 minutes or so where we find out many surprises about him & one of his co-stars is not the least bit believable.
The script by Vincent Ngo & Vince Gilligan is not one bit believable, The script for Superhero movies should have at least a wee bit of believability for them to be acceptable.
Hancock has none.
The director Peter Berg was asleep at the switch.
Will Smith is a fine actor, & tries his best with this awful material, he almost succeeds. Charlize Theron usually an excellent actress has a difficult role & also tries hard, somehow she is not convincing. Jason Bateman with a different hair style is good but also not as good as he has been in other movies.]
We have a lil boy in the movie as well- Jae Head. The kid is OK but not as good as Will's own son in his last film. - The special effects mostly CGI were good, but nothing we have not seen before.
I think only die-hard Will Smith fans may enjoy this.
Ratings: **1/2--out of 4--66 points out of 100---IMDB 6--out of 10
NOTE: 66 points is at the low end of a **1/2 rating