A big budget TV-movie

Rating: 4/10 (8 February 2007)

I just saw this movie, hoping to get some sincere comment about poverty. All I got was some sub par TV-movie about the American Dream. What where they thinking ? They are trying to sell us to same old nonsense again. If you just try hard enough you will succeed in everything. Well, maybe Chris Gardner succeeded in real life - and off course Will Smith does in this movie. But let's face facts : in reality 9 out of 10 people who find themselves in the situation Chris Gardner finds himself in will not succeed. They will starve, loose their child or end up in a dead end-job.
Okay. Will Smith was not that bad, his personality and his charm carry this film a very long way. And yes the chemistry with his real life son Jaden Smith is great. but still, he just didn't deserve to get nominated for an Oscar (and I hope that he doesn't win).
I can only conclude that this a TV-movie with a big budget and big stars.