Poor acting

Rating: 1/10 (16 December 2006)

I am a huge fan of Will Smith and just about all his work. I was excited to see this movie to see Will in a different role other than the usual "action hero". Having seen this flick, I would suggest two things: (1) Will sticks to action hero and (2)He keeps his children out of acting.
Young Jaden Smith was simply awful. It was claimed that he "beat out" hundreds of other actors to secure the role in this film. Anyone with an iota of a brain knows that this claim is just fluff to justify Will's kid getting the part in this movie. Will is a talented actor and could have made the audience believe that any child actor was his actual son. Jaden was a poor choice and this debut will hopefully also be the final time that the audience has to suffer from watching him on screen.
Overall, it was a nice, heartfelt story. Better choices for the actors would have made it feel more real. Will's appearance in the movie help us to lose the "action hero" image of him which was pretty good. But perhaps a lesser known actor could have been chosen and allowed to shine instead of throwing a bone to Will's kid.