The reviews for Hancock, which had its grand premiere yesterday in Hollywood, are here. And they're not very good, unfortunately. According to various reviewers, despite the great cast and excellent concept, the movie starts to suck in the second half. Incidentally, these are almost the exact same reviews that I Am Legend got last December, and it ended up breaking box office records. So its doubtful that Will Smith is very worried.

After the jump, more premiere pics and some review excerpts.
Newsweek:

Nearly an hour into this misshapen 90-minute entertainment, "Hancock" takes a disastrous left turn, abandoning all its satirical set-ups, and all sense. I won't play spoiler and reveal the plot twist that sends the movie into its nosedive, but it reeks of desperation. It's as if an entire new movie starts up; unfortunately, it's not the one we want to see.

Salt Lake Tribune:

"Hancock" has a terrific action-hero premise, a nifty plot twist halfway through, and the always-charming presence of Will Smith. What could go wrong? Plenty. "Hancock" is a mess, a seven-car pile-up of conflicting ideas and storylines, overloaded with effects and painted with an unappetizing layer of handheld-camera grit.

Chicago Sun-Times

“Hancock” is a lot of fun, if perhaps a little top-heavy with stuff being destroyed. Smith makes the character more subtle than he has to be, more filled with self-doubt, more willing to learn. Jason Bateman is persuasive and helpful on the PR front, and it turns out Charlize Theron has a great deal to feel odd and penetrating about.

Boston Globe

The idea of a sloshed, misanthropic superhero is a good one. The idea of putting him in a comedy is even better. Having Will Smith play the hero? Genius. And maybe some future global blockbuster will find a way to bundle it all into a thrilling work of entertainment. In the meantime, there's "Hancock." What does one say about a movie that wants laughs from a shot of one inmate's head up the derriere of another? Well, there's "ouch." But there's also "why?"

USA Today

Perhaps the high concept with its comic nugget — a loser superhero who annoys more than inspires awe — couldn't sustain a full feature. What could have been a perfectly enjoyable blend of comedy and action blows up in our faces trying to be a heavier, larger-than-life romance with historical, spiritual and sci-fi implications.