The Pursuit of Happiness

Rating: Null/10 (15 July 2014)

This movie is based on a true story about a smart salesman and family man named Christopher Gardner (Will Smith). Gardner has invested deeply in a device known as a bone density scanner. Even though they are more expensive than the current technology, they are slightly better but do not sell as well. As Gardner tries to find a way to sell them, he began to have trouble with his relationship with his wife (Thandie Newton) who leaves him. He loses his house and his bank account. Now without money his forced to live out in the streets with his son (Jaden Smith), Gardner is now desperate to find a steady job. He takes on a job as a stockbroker but before he can possibly get hired and receive pay, he needs to go through six months of training, and to sell his devices.
A distinctive symbol that is in this movie The Pursuit of Happiness is the strange spelling "happyness" instead of "happiness"; the title comes from graffiti writing that Chris saw outside the daycare his son joins. Chris specifies that the word "happyness" had a unique sense. That is something he had to pursue, as Thomas Jefferson put the phrase "pursuit of happiness" as a right in the Declaration of Independence "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness". A viewer states, "This movie shows the audience the bitter sweet of a salesman's struggles from rags to riches, to his happiness."
The movie The Pursuit of Happiness, directed by Gabriele Muccino, is a very appealing film to watch. It is an inspirational and often emotionally jerking film. As a viewer states, "He doesn't want just a better, more secure life for himself and his child; either by scripted design or by the example of the real Chris Gardner, he seems to yearn for a life of luxury, stadium box seats and the kind of sports car he stops to admire in one scene." Chris is dealing with trying to succeed in life and just find happiness in the hell that his going through to pursue it.