Great Movie, But A Tough One To Watch

Rating: 8/10 (11 December 2017)

Continuing my plan to watch every Will Smith movie in order, I come to Pursuit Of Happiness (2006)
Plot In A Paragraph: Chris Gardner (Will Smith) a struggling salesman, takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
I think this is a great movie and features a great Will Smith performance, but it's one I never revisit, as it's such a tough watch. Until the final 10 minuted, it's a seriously depressing movie. You feel so sorry for Chris, as despite him trying his best, he simply can't catch a break.
Jaden Smith was fine, Thandie Newton puts it a defent shift, but this movie is all about Smith's performance, he was deservedly nominated for an Oscar, and can consider himself unlucky not to have won. That is taking nothing away from Forest Whitaker, he was great too.
It was one of the greatest frustrations of my life, that I never could do a rubix cube. I spent hours trying to achieve the feat.
Pursuit Of Happiness grossed $163 million at the domestic box office, to end the year the 10th highest grossing movie of 2006.