Pursuing Happiness - Never Easy

Rating: 9/10 (22 April 2017)

What do some people want? Here we have a story based on fact (Chris Gardner's year long battle living on the streets). With multiple escalating situations that left me simultaneously challenged, exhausted, and in wonder - yet still some critics label it mealy a 'feel good' movie! Obviously these folk have never had to drag their child and worldly belongings around the streets or sleep in public 'shist' houses - while dodging every conceivable trial that life could throw at them! What were they watching (or thinking) I ask? It's so easy for some writers with little or no imagination, to sit in a cozy Cinema or on their easy chair in the comfort of their own space and never know the cold hard difference.
This movie offers class in all departments of cinema: Pathos, Drama, Humour, Social-comment, Family, Work-ethic, Commitment, in fact, just about all areas of human ethical endurance and determination. And, it's all served up with great cinematography, direction, editing and music - capped off with performances to knock you out! How Will Smith (and son) did not get the Academy that year either speaks volumes or the competition must have been awesome indeed! Worthy on many levels and should not to be missed.