Excellent Flick

Rating: 9/10 (26 December 2007)

I am always wary when a message board user posts a thesis. Give me a break. Why would anyone go to a third reincarnation of a well known story expecting an improvement? This was pure entertainment, nothing more, nothing less. As for the previous reviewers assertion that Will Smith's performance is "predictable" and that he's "just a body", nothing could be further from the truth. Smith has developed into an excellent character actor capable of conveying volumes of emotion with facial expression alone. Very few actors today are capable of bringing viewers to tears without using any words. Moreover, Smith has to carry this movie almost the entire length with no other character to play against save for a German Shepard who also manages to turn in a notable performance for an animal. Rarely have I been in a film in which the end was greeted with enthusiastic applause. Given this film's box office receipts, I would say that translates into a resounding thumbs up!