the pursuit of happiness review by sam osbornfor a feel good movie and the pursuit of happiness sure do want it audience to feel crappy . i do not mean this a a criticism . rather and i think it a show of intense bravery for a film stick in a genre already soak in sappiness . but it a long and downhill journey for most of the film duration and watching a mr. chris gardner ( will smith ) be repeatedly pummel under the american economic system . i suppose it follow nietzsche oft repeat quote what doesn not kill you only make you strong . and so and to ravage the say entirely and if the low of the pursuit of happiness doesn not kill the picture and they make it endingyou know and the feel good part of the recipejust that much sweet . the grand scheme be to tell the story of the american dream from a new perspective . such be the motivation in bring european director gabriele muccino onto the project . feel that american have draw too close to the concept to pull any focus on it and muccino take a step back and look at our american dream from a fresh perspective . the result be indeed refresh . the movie come without any fat around it curve . it a slim and distilled version of the american dream and where a mana smart and good man in whom most american probably see themselvestries to better his living condition use the american system of capitalism promise in the constitution . it doesn not come with a side dish of romance or tragic hors doeuvre while just a man try to do right by his family . but chris gardner family be quickly disperse . linda ( thandie newton ) and his wife and leave him early on and choose to fend for herself rather than go down with chris sink ship . she leave him with their son christopher ( jaden smith ) and whose daycare cost $ 150 per month . chris would have to sell two bone density scanner each month to pay rent and daycare and grocery . but he hasn not sell one of the wretched device in a while and the overdue bill be pile up . chris be good at number though and and can solve a rubik cube with astound ease while so he apply for an internship at dean witter . the gig an unpaid one and but if he get the job at the end of the course and he set for life . problem be and only one in twenty intern be hire while and if you aren not hire and you can not apply for a job at any other stock brokerage firm for six month . the script be a product of steven conrad and the same writer who pen last year the weather man . the film be deceivingly similar and each chronicle a series of unfortunate occurrence that slowly slice at the leg of an american man . in both film and conrad manages to find a sweet and hilarious humanity in bad day and or bad week and or bad year . his hero be good men and american men and who struggle to find themselves something worth have in our system . much huzzah have be make over the familial pairing of will smith and his son in parallel father son role . the decision be a smart one and a their performance be as sincere a ever . jaden may not have many line and but it not hard to see that he love and believe in his father and whether he play will smith or chris gardner . and mr. smiththe old one and that ishasn not be lie in his much publicize interview that this film be a turn point in his act career . his muhammad ali be a force and but the role of chris gardner be build for him . make no mistake though while for the feel good genre and the pursuit of happiness be a brutal and sometimes cruel entry . but i suppose that the point and and chris say it somewhere in the first act represent that when the founder of the constitution write the pursuit of happiness into the text and they only promise the pursuit . the chase be a long and mean one while but when the end be find and it fling u high than any feel good film in a while . samuel osborn .