The Pursuit of Happyness
Brian Howe, Dan Castellaneta, David Fine
Chris Gardner 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 ...( read more
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DVD Released: March 27, 2007
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March 19, 2009"It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking how did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is s... ...( read more )
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October 17, 2008Christopher Gardner: "It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking how did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That... ...( read more )
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October 13, 2008I almost didn't watch this only because of all the hype surrounding it. but, I'm glad I did...it was refreshing and inspiring.
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July 3, 2009Not Will Smith's best preformance, by far. I understood the message, but I just plain did not like it. Too long, turned it off, got bored. Had to finish watching it the next day cause I had to know what happened.
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December 17, 2006
Pete Hammond, Maxim
December 15, 2006
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Some people will see The Pursuit of Happyness as a glorification of capitalism, but the movie is much less about 'getting' than it is about 'not having.' full review
December 15, 2006
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Ultimately, the real Chris Gardner emerges as an inspirational American success story -- and Will Smith emerges as a fine and nuanced actor. full review
December 15, 2006
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Will Smith has the right quality for the role -- he's an easy man to root for -- but he augments this by channeling some inner quality of desperation and need. full review
December 15, 2006
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
The whole thing works. This earnest, modest, sweet little ode to paternal love is meant to warm the cockles of our hearts in a season overrun with cockle-warming, and even a recalcitrant Scrooge may s... full review
December 15, 2006
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
For an expensive, mainstream Hollywood movie, The Pursuit of Happyness is crisscrossed with mixed motives. full review
December 14, 2006
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
The role needs gravity, smarts, charm, humor and a soul that's not synthetic. Smith brings it. He's the real deal. full review
December 14, 2006
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Thankfully, humor leavens the dark journey, and little Jaden and his jokes go a long way to warm our hearts. full review
December 14, 2006
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Smith hasn't delivered this kind of earnest, emotionally raw performance since Ali, and his Chris Gardner is every bit as complex. full review
December 11, 2006
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
The movie is an economic cliff-hanger. full review
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March 9, 2009
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" Hey you know it made me crier with 'em actions on the filmed . You know it's so great the filmed.Have you watch it? " -
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October 24, 2008in fact, happiness is just a short period of time or just a short moment, but the hardship before it you might face is terrible, you will fell distress, depressed or angry, but in the end you will find it worth the effort, that’s fine. To pursuit happyness, you should master your own life and make your own choice and the most important is just keep going.
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October 16, 2008its a very nice movie.. very inspiring.. did you know that in the last scene of the movie, the guy that passed chris and his son is the original chris gardner?.. this story is true.. and now, chris gardner is old, but multi-millionaire.. his son now, is i think, late twenty's.. this really inspires me to do good...
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August 15, 2008i love this movie my self i have watched over and over will smith is a great actor
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August 3, 2008gotta agree with "themoreuse". What is this movie supposed to mean? The guy went through all this shit and didn't realize much. He still entered into the machine after seeing throughout the movie that all of this was complete crap and fakeness. Ok acting overall.
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July 20, 2008Cute Kid, Story seemed a bit incomplete.... Wife?? Anyways...not bad though... :-)
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May 27, 2008This is a brilliant movie with lots of sadness and sympathy. It's really hard to believe that this actually happens... the deadly secret in the world.
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March 14, 2008I liked this movie. It is a good example of when you want to get something you do many things to get it
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