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Studio: Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
Studio: Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
Release Date: Nov 25, 2006
Running Time: 117 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
starring: Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Zuhair Haddad, Brian Howe, James Karen, Kurt Fuller, Takayo Fischer, Kevin West
director: Gabriele Muccino
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Chris Gardener is a family man struggling to make ends meet. Despite his valiant attempts to help keep the family afloat, the mother of his five-year-old son, Christopher, is buckling under the constant strain of financial pressure. No longer able to cope, she reluctantly decides to leave. Chris, now a single father, continues doggedly to pursue a better-paying job using every sales skill he knows. He lands an internship at a prestigious stock brokerage firm, and although there is no salary, he accepts, hopeful he will end the program with a job and a promising future. Without a financial cushion, Chris and his son are soon evicted from their apartment and forced to sleep in shelters, bus stations, bathrooms, or wherever they can find refuge for the night. Despite his troubles, Chris continues to honor his commitment as a loving and caring father, using the affection and trust his son has placed in him as an impetus to overcome the obstacles he faces.
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PETER TRAVERS -
December 12, 2006
Will Smith is on the march toward Oscar. How can Academy voters resist Smith, with gray flecks in his hair, in a true story (well, inspired by a true story, meaning it's been tightened and prettied up) about a homeless single dad and his son. Smith plays Chris Gardner, a San Francisco salesman trying to unload bulky bone scanners (don't ask) while his depressed wife, Linda (Thandie Newton), works scut jobs. She splits for New York, leaving hubby and their five-year-old son, Christopher
While The Pursuit of Happyness could very easily be subtitled The Pursuit of Sappyness, the terrific father-son dynamic between Will and Jaden Smith is enough to make for an effective tearjerker--barely. Story Even if you're one of the 19 other people in a competitive internship at Dean Witter with Chris Gardner (Will Smith), you gotta root for the guy. Life's beaten him up but not got him down. He lugs his computer-monitor-sized bone density scanner all over San Francisco, hoping to sell just
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