Depressing movie works due to tremendous acting on behalf of Smith

Rating: 9/10 (17 June 2007)

I mean it - the movie was good, but it was depressing. However, the movie wouldn't have been as good if not for Will Smith's acting. He really was good, and should have won the Oscar. However, he was up against Forrest Whitaker, and I didn't think he was going to win in that sense. But, he did give an amazing and 100 % believable performance. I will admit, though, as a kid whose parents divorced at a young age, I can kind of connect with the kid. In the movie, it is written so that Smith's character is a real person, and this is made better by Smith portraying him as a real person. It adds tremendously to the movie, which is worth it for Will Smith at the least. I would recommend it to those who need inspiration in their lives and like Will Smith, which is actually almost everybody in either categories.