You gotta be really patient with this one--but seven pounds is worth the wait (weight?). Will Smith crashes his car carelessly and kills his girl friend and others. How do you make up for that? How do you go on living? The plot shows Will Smith preparing to commit suicide so that he can give his organs to people he has met and judged to be "good." Good? Yes, according to his subjective perception--"the good people" ought to inherit his organs and by giving up his life to others--somehow atone, make up for, the lives that he took.
I am not going to ruin the entire plot. Let's make sure that we are certain about a few things. That there are significant limitations on directed giving of organs. That you can only donate so much of yourself so that it is viable. And there are strict guidelines for governing this kind of thing. Forget that and the movie works for you.
My problem with the movie? Aside from the unlikely suicide by Box Jellyfish in a bath tub of ice---the story is completely opposite what we know of the Christian Story. Jesus makes the unworthy WORTHY because of his donation of his life. No strings attached.
But God proves his love for us
in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.
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