April 12, 2007
The Pursuit of Happyness
In 1981, Chris Gardner (Will Smith) was a struggling salesman in little needed medical bone density scanners while his wife (Thandie Newton) toiled in double shifts to support the family including their young son, Christopher (Jaden Smith). In the face of this difficult life, Chris has the desperate inspiration to try for a stockbroker internship where one in twenty has a chance of a lucrative full time career. Even when his wife leaves him because of this choice, Chris clings to this dream with his son even when the odds become more daunting by the day. Together, father and son struggle through homelessness, jail time, tax seizure and the overall punishing despair in a quest that would make Gardner a respected millionaire.
This movie is heartbreaking, and moving, powerful.
I was rooting for Chris Gardner every few minutes. Just when you thought things were going to go right, bam! He got knocked down a few pegs again. But he never gave up.
He just never quit.
This movie had me bawling, so sad, so much struggle, so much love from a father for his son.
He did everything for his son. He slept in bathrooms, didn't eat, got in fights, sold his blood, all to be a father to his son.
When Chris Gardner was a boy, he never knew his father. He vowed that his son would always have his father in his life, that he would be a good role model and provider for his own son.
He is the most awesome father in this movie.
I cried at how hard this man struggled just to be somebody, just to be a great dad, to make a better life for himself and his son.
And he succeeded.
This is based on a true story, some parts were dramatized for Hollywood of course, but it just goes to show you, that with enough determination and courage, anyone, can meet their goals.
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