Oscar worthy performances

Rating: 8/10 (24 January 2007)

Will Smith provides us with an Oscar worth performance of a man who goes from trying to find his niche to having no niche to rising above all obstacles when the stakes become his son. He makes the emotional transition of a happy family man worried about a failing investment to the man who lost wife, income and apartment almost overnight and must, despite the odds against him, persevere to provide for his young trusting son in a dignified and honest manner despite the obstacles the fall before him along the way. How does one find a place to live without an income? Find a babysitter when one is necessary for a much coveted internship without pay? You will find out how one man did it in The Pursuit of Happiness.