In many scenes, the viewer panics along with Chris, wondering how he's going to feed his child. When he accepts an internship with a prestigious stock brokerage firm, there's a catch: The position is unpaid, suitable more for trust-fund children than single parents with no other source of income. Though he is constantly rushing around to get to appointments and pick up his child, things do not happen quickly for Chris. (His story and eventual success a successful and wealthy Chicago businessman was well publicized on the newsmagazine show 20/20.) The beauty of this film is in the way the story is told. Based on the true-life story of Chris Gardner, a San Francisco salesman forced at times to shelter his young son (played by Smith's adorable look-alike offspring Jaden Smith) in a men's room, there is little suspense to the film in terms of Chris' outcome.

Smith, who usually is cast in effortlessly boyish roles (Men in Black, Independence Day), is wonderful in the film in the scenes that shamelessly tug at viewers' heartstrings. APO/FPO, Afghanistan, Africa, Albania, Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan Republic, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), French Guiana, French Polynesia, Georgia, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macau, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Martinique, Middle East, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Republic of Croatia, Reunion, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Tajikistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, VenezuelaĪ great film that demonstrates how good, hard-working people can become homeless almost overnight, Pursuit of Happyness is a showcase for Will Smith, who convincingly portrays a down-and-out dad trying to better his family's life.

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