a terrible way to spend a couple of hours......

Rating: 1/10 (24 December 2006)

this movie was tedious and agonizing....... nothing good ever happens to this guy till the very end....... i felt downright miserable watching this movie...... 98% of the movie is about struggle & misery and the 2% about "winning" at the end is mostly underplayed...... Will Smith is a very good actor, Thandie Newton's talent was wasted.......Will's son was overly cute for my tastes.....not realistic to the situation at hand.... this screenplay could have been much more balanced........ screenwriter needs to go back to school......... screen writing 101 teaches all about the "PAYOFF"........ where was the payoff?........ not a good holiday movie...... i'll stick with "It's a Wonderful Life"......