Seven Pounds

Seven Pounds

Seven Pounds, 2008, by Sony Pictures

Directed by: Gabriele Muccino

Genre: Drama, Romance

Screenwriter: Grand Nieporte

Music: Angelo Milli

Main actors: Will Smith, Rosario Dawson and Woody Harellson

Tim Thomas is an aeronautical engineer, and he lives with his fiancee in his beach house. One night, he reading a text message while driving, causes a car crash in which seven people died: six strangers and his fiancee. After, Tim sets out to save the lives seven good people.

The movie begins with Tim Thomas on the phone to 911. After, first scene he talks with Ezra Turner, who a blind meat salesman, on the phone. Tim tries to angry and insults him at work; because he checks if he is quick to anger. Ezra remains calm down and Tim decides, he is worthy man.

A year after the crash, Tim donates a lung lobe to his brother, Ben, an IRS employee. He steals his brother’s credentials, and makes himself known by his brother’s name, and he checks out his candidates. He always uses his brother’s name, Ben Thomas. Six months later, he donates part of his liver to a child services worker named Holly. After that he begins searching for more candidates to receive donations. He finds George, a junior hockey coach, and donates a kidney to him, and donates bone marrow to a young boy named Nicholas.

Tim moves out of his house and into a motel, taking with his pet jellyfish. After, he gives Connie, who lives an abusive boyfriend  with her two children, keys of  beach house, with the stipulation that she never tries to contact him, and never tells anyone how she came to own the house.

Then, he contacts Emily Posa, a self-employed greeting car printer who has heart condition and rare blood type. He spends time with her, and he begins to fall in love with her and decides that her condition has worsened; he needs to make his donation.

The last scene, one night Ben returns the motel, he fills the bathtub with ice water to preserve his vital organs, climbs in, and commits suicide by pulling his box jellyfish into the water with him. After, he calls to 911 to commit suicide, and Ezra receives his corneas and Emily receives his heart. Afterward, Emily meets Ezra at his concert at a park, and they begin to talk. Ezra cries and they hold each other.

The movie is successful. The important thing in the film, Ben donates to seven people, who deserve it, his organs. And, he tries them to deserve this favor. He draws remorse but it does not pass in time as normal humans. He always feels it and so he does not give up his decision. On the other hand, the people, who determine measure of attitudes, can make bad decisions albeit in good faith. The life is not mutual exactly; is not heart to heart, or liver to liver. At such times religion becomes more important. Maybe you can save seven people lives to give own life, but maybe God gives opportunities to change the 70 lives when you are alive. The only thing is done by Ben Thomas that add meaning to death of a person who lost his meaning of life.

My favourite quote in Seven Pounds: “In seven days, God created the world. And in seven seconds, I shattered mine” (Ben Thomas).

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