Some people just don't get it.

Rating: Null/10 (3 January 2007)

It's amazing to me how people can wring their hands over a movie like this, looking for meanings about rich and poor, black and white, or some other "division".
Here is why I think this movie is great: It shows how anyone (regardless of background) can attain the American dream through hard work and perseverance. Gardner never asks for government handouts (which is just earnings confiscated from other people).
And by the way, I have been poor and homeless also.
I saw this with my 21 and 18 year old sons, and we applauded at the end along with the rest of the audience.