Vivvo CMS 4.1 http://www.pri.org/ amp;copy;2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. http://www.pri.org/files.php?file=rss_682409203.gif http://www.pri.org/ http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/movies/review-hancock.html Movies Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:53:00 -0500 The title character in 'Hancock' is a superhero who seriously needs counseling -- the movie gets a review from a real-life counselor. http://n/a Movies Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:21:58 -0500 The character "Hancock" needs more than a LITTLE counseling. He's a mess. But I like the idea that superpowers do not automatically either imply or confer perfect morality, stability, or any other socially approved personality traits. I just saw the movie, and he is a miserable, conflicted, lonely and incredibly maladapted individual. I wish they had spent a lot more time exploring the type of being he is (I'm trying not to spoil it for anyone reading who wishes to see the movie), but superhuman powers and abyssal lonliness must be a HELL of a combination. PRI: Public Radio International: National and World News, Talk, Arts, Entertainment and Music