Highly emotional

Rating: 8/10 (20 January 2007)

This movie truly reflects the struggle for survival that all face in our economy. The impact of Thomas Hobbes is clearly evident in the story. As noted by Hobbes in the Leviathan, "the passions that incline men to peace are fear of death, desire of such things as are necessary to commodious living, and a hope by their industry to obtain them". One would want to believe that Horatio Alger stories portray some level of reality. This film does a good job in providing a sense of hope that everyone has the industry to obtain happiness, if they are only determined enough to go to the end. It would be nice to have a prequel at some point where the young son in the movie can play Chris Gardner as he was growing up to see how he got his inspiration and desire to persevere.