Strictly one for superhero aficionados, Hancock starts out with an amusing enough idea: Superman as an out-of-control alcoholic slob, causing property damage wantonly wherever he goes. Since he's also Will Smith, however, this state of affairs will clearly not last. And the change to a force for good comes far too soon, as he's coached by a PR man with principles, who inevitably also has a cute kid who soon puts a spark of sentiment back into the hero's jaded eye. Still, it's amiable enough with a few decent gags that go some way to compensate for the cheese, until a fairly pointless attempt in the second half to introduce a meaningful backstory for the character and thereby somehow try to reangle the whole enterprise as a romantic tragedy.4/10
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