I think it is one of those significantly overrated movies....

Rating: 8/10 (16 February 2012)

Awesome acting performances by Morgan Freeman & Brad Pitt, and Kevin Spacey too; reminded me of his role in THE USUAL SUSPECTS. But, in spite of such high quality performances, and some fantastic screenplay and editing, nothing could make me deny the fact that the script was just average & not anything more than that. Although the climax was "gut-wrenching", as called by few, it was not at all so much worth watching. I came through this movie, after having watched a lot of movies of the genre of crime-mystery-thriller. I think such movies can be made far better, by adding some kind of twists at the ending. The one given in this movie was not essentially a twist; it was just something to add 2 more to the 5 sins to make it Seven. I'm not at all telling that its a bad movie.One can rate it 8/10 but obviously not 8.7. And you know there's quite a lot difference between 8 and 8.7, here at IMDb. Movies like The Usual Suspects, Silence of the Lambs, Red Dragon, etc. are better.