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It flips the typical “Will Smith hero” role on its head. He’s not saving the world with charm and action — he’s destroying himself for redemption. The film divides audiences: some find it moving and poetic; others call it emotionally manipulative or nonsensical (e.g., why not just be an organ donor without the elaborate setup?).

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(spoiler alert): Ben is a depressed aeronautical engineer whose reckless texting while driving caused a car crash that killed his fiancée and six strangers. To atone, he seeks out seven good people to donate parts of himself — a lung lobe to his brother, part of his liver to a social worker, his bone marrow to a child, his home to a domestic abuse victim, a kidney to a hockey coach, and finally his eyes and his heart to two others (including the love interest, Emily). He commits suicide via box jellyfish (which can stop the heart painlessly) so his organs can be donated while alive. It flips the typical “Will Smith hero” role on its head