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The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

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Movie Info


Genre

Drama

Release Date

December 15, 2006

MPAA Rating

PG-13

Duration

117 min.

Studio

Columbia Pictures

Official Site

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Critics Reviews :  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Reader's Reviews :  5 of 5 [Rate It]

Cast and Crew


Director

Gabriele Muccino

Producer

Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, James Lassiter, Will Smith, Steve Tisch

Screenwriter

Steven Conrad

Starring

  • Will Smith as Chris Gardner
  • Thandie Newton as Linda
  • Jaden Smith
  • Dan Castellaneta
  • Aida Bernardino
  • James Karen
  • Kurt Fuller
  • Branden Weslee Kong
  • Al Cacioppo

Movie Story


A struggling salesman (Will Smith) takes custody of his son (Jaden Smith) as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional endeavor.

"Don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something. ...You got a dream, you gotta protect it... If you want something, go get it. Period."

In Columbia Pictures' "Pursuit of Happyness," Chris Gardner (Will Smith) is a bright and talented, but marginally employed salesman. Struggling to make ends meet, Gardner finds himself and his five-year-old son evicted from their San Francisco apartment with nowhere to go. When Gardner lands an internship at a prestigious stock brokerage firm, he and his son endure many hardships, including living in shelters, in pursuit of his dream of a better life for the two of them.

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Reader's Reviews


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yea all the ppl that have not lived like that dont know what its like i am only 15 and my 1 week have to buy a weeks of food on 20$ and i dont know any other person that ould live like she does but u know what she does not have a credit card like a lot of people do u know how we get by just with real money not credit cards soo yea i give the movie a 100 out of 100 soo all of u rich people or the people that have a little bit of money u need to see what its like to like like he did... and remember that i am ONLY 15

posted by snoopcat8000 on Dec 23, 2006
 
 

MOVIE REVIEWS BY CRITICS

“..well-intentioned but odd and ultimately deflating new drama..”
by Pam Grady [Reel]
“..overloaded with the accidents of fiction..”
by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
“..long, dull, and depressing..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]