The Pursuit of Happyness | Will Smith, Jaden Smith
The Pursuit of Happyness is a classic tale of a hero. Chris Gardner (Will Smith) is a hard working father, who’s had more than his share of bad luck.
He is trying to raise a five-year-old son (Jaden Smith, Smith’s real-life son) while working as a salesman.
Struggling to make ends meet, Gardner also endures lectures from his wife on a daily basis.
Things just keep getting worse for our quasi-hero.
Despite the depressing lifestyle, the movie does manage to provide audiences with a few laughs.
Gardner seems to regularly find himself in situations where he is forced to do some haphazard multi-tasking and a lot of running to make it to meetings; late, of course.
With endless determination and a trick up his sleeve, he lands a prestigious internship at a brokerage firm.
Sadly, this is about the time he loses his apartment and things go from bad to downright awry. Somehow, it seems that Gardner didn’t realize his internship is without pay.
The movie is based on a true story, which adds to the emotional attachments to the main character and pulls extra hard on our heartstrings. Gardner truly loves his son and audiences can see through each heartfelt attempt at success that he is truly doing everything he can to give his son the best life possible.
If that’s not enough, the movie is simply worth watching just to find out why it is spelled The Pursuit of Happyness.