Will Smith's heartfelt performance elevates The Pursuit of Happyness above mere melodrama. Read critic reviews
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The Pursuit of Happyness: Official Clip - Basketball and Dreams
The Pursuit of Happyness: Official Clip - Final Scene: Chris is Hired
The Pursuit of Happyness: Official Clip - The Time Machine
The Pursuit of Happyness: Official Clip - Rubik's Cube
The Pursuit of Happyness: Official Clip - First Impression
The Pursuit of Happyness: Official Clip - Cold Calling
The Pursuit of Happyness: Official Clip - Running
The Pursuit of Happyness: Official Clip - No Y in Happiness
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Movie Info
Life is a struggle for single father Chris Gardner (Will Smith). Evicted from their apartment, he and his young son (Jaden Christopher Syre Smith) find themselves alone with no place to go. Even though Chris eventually lands a job as an intern at a prestigious brokerage firm, the position pays no money. The pair must live in shelters and endure many hardships, but Chris refuses to give in to despair as he struggles to create a better life for himself and his son.
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Rating: PG-13 (Some Language)
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Genre: Drama
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Original Language: English
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Director: Gabriele Muccino
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Producer: Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch, James Lassiter, Will Smith
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Writer: Steve Conrad
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Release Date (Theaters): wide
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Release Date (Streaming):
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Box Office (Gross USA): $162.6M
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Runtime:
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Distributor: Sony Pictures
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Production Co: Escape Artists, Columbia Pictures Corporation, Overbrook Entertainment
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Sound Mix: SDDS, DTS, Dolby SRD
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Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)
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Pretty solid. Kind of overrated I think, but still an enjoyable film with a good story.
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I'm not terribly surprised that this was more loved by users than critics. It is the faux heart wrenching real story that still has more glamour than likely really was the case and unfortunately stars Will Smith's son. Two stars on the barfy metre.
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Melodramatic, sad, heartfelt movie about a man never giving up and finding true happiness in life. The movie has that message of "life's hard" or "life's unfair", which is true, but how do get through it?. In all seriousness, Will Smith and Jaden Smith will break your heart and rebuild them again, they both give powerful performances and have insanely good chemistry (obviously sense in real life they are father and son). The story is incredible, the acting is superb, the emotion never stops being powerful and in one scene of the movie, when Will Smith gets the official job where he finally gets paid money for his work, he cries and says "Thank You". The message that was translated was that everything he went through, all the trouble and the bills he needed to pay, he never gave up, and all the work and studying paid off..that message was so impacting that would make me cry too, and I absolutely recommend this movie.
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