Pursuit of Aggression: An Ungenuine and Stupid movie

Rating: 7/10 (22 May 2016)

From the get-go it is about More, More, More â€” instead of treasuring what you have.
The plot does not make much sense. He is supposed to be decently smart, yet he cannot even count the rent or read the conditions of taxes and parking tickets. Even worse is the common sense that most of the time you can leave your belongings at the reception especially if "you're good with people" (to quote the movie).
The following unnecessary, thrill-ride running after hippies is forgivable though, but the thin plot is not.
A further dislike is regarding the overall aggressive culture. From yelling to the kid to yelling to random people. I'm done with such aggressiveness against those who are also on the bottom. (Taxi driver, bus driver, homeless, or the worst: his neighborhood friend). Yes, he sometimes 'stands up' to his injustice but most of the time he is blatantly hurting random people.
However, there are some noteworthy scenes: particularly the basketball-field motivational and the one on the subway (where he imagines that it really is a time-machine). These seem like the only genuine moments in the film. The only reason I give it a decent score.
One would get further in live acknowledging to your loved ones that you are in trouble with this-and-that. Start with the basics. Explain to your kid the situation, make a plan & calculate outcomes. This movie, to me, almost glorifies hiding your poverty.
Lastly consider the final 'happy outcome'. Perhaps the poor, but kind man is a greater person and dad. Than the 'rich', never-at- home, cold-calling, blabbermouth and aggressive dad that this movies glorifies.