This man will do what he has to do.

Rating: 7/10 (4 April 2007)

I have not enjoyed a Will Smith movie this much since Ali(2001). Based on a true story, Smith portrays Chris Gardner, a struggling down on his luck salesman. The streets of San Francisco can be rough; Gardner knows because that is where he must make a living. When his girlfriend(Thandie Newton)walks out, Chris must raise their 5-year old son Christopher(Jaden Christopher Syre Smith)on his own. Evicted from his apartment, Gardner and his son sleep at night in homeless shelters and locked public bathrooms. Chris manages his way into a none paying internship in a stock-broker training program. Determination and self reliance along with the love of his son pushes the dedicated father past many obstacles...and Chris Gardner is offered a job on Wall Street where he would become very prosperous and a living legend. Also in the cast: James Karen, Brian Howe, Kurt Fuller and Dan Castellaneta.