kacy :+)
over 4 years
ago
Amazing film. A large portion of it is really sad and hard to watch, but it's worth it.
Srungeer Simha
over 6 years
ago
A brilliant and heartwarming story of father and son trying to make a living in the world
Lizzie
over 6 years
ago
Will always bawl my eyes out.
Josh Steadman
7 years
ago
Excellent! ...but emotionally taxing. Arguably Will Smith's best performance. Top notch.
Freddie Pope
over 7 years
ago
A well made movie and touching message! Don't know if i could survive another viewing...
Tim King
over 7 years
ago
Technically good, exceptional performances from both Smiths. Way to hard to watch though.
Marco
over 7 years
ago
A wonderful drama.
Nate McBean
over 7 years
ago
You rated this 3 stars on 3/5/2011
Taysha Davis
over 7 years
ago
Heart-warming. Beautiful film all the way around.
Ken Miguel-Cipriano
almost 8 years
ago
great story, bit of a tear jerker for the weepy, all around good sunday night movie
Alison Cilia Werdmölder
almost 8 years
ago
sad, but not in the touching way, at least to me... it just put me in a bad mood
Kakra
almost 8 years
ago
8/10
Grace Kelly
almost 8 years
ago
Inspiring, highly motivating film. Just don't read into the back story.
Alex Tepes
almost 8 years
ago
A movie about ambition and motivation.
Pursuit of Happyness is a 2006 American biographical drama film based on Chris Gardner's nearly one-year struggle with homelessness. Directed by Gabriele Muccino, the film features Will Smith as Gardner, an on-and-off-homeless salesman-turned stockbroker. Smith's real-life son Jaden Smith co-stars, making his film debut as Gardner's son Christopher Jr.
The screenplay by Steven Conrad is based on the best-selling memoir written by Gardner with Quincy Troupe. The film was released on December 15, 2006, by Columbia Pictures. For his performance, Will Smith was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Actor.
In 1981, in San Francisco, Chris Gardner (Will Smith) invests his family's savings in portable bone-density scanners which he tries to demonstrate and sell to doctors. The investment proves to be a white elephant which financially breaks the family and as a result, his wife Linda (Thandie Newton) leaves him and moves to New York. Their son Christopher (Jaden Smith)...