Pursuit of Happiness

Rating: 10/10 (19 January 2007)

I'm not the best movie critic, and generally can find a million things wrong about a movie but "Pursuit of Happiness" had to be one of the best films I have seen yet that can mix in light- hearted humor, but also show an intense situation that makes you sob. Near the middle of the movie when they "go back in time" and end up sleeping in a "cave" (aka run-down subway bathroom) I was bawling. Why did this little boy have to live in poverty? Why did the Chris Gardner have to work so hard yet get no salary? These, and more, questions ran through my mind during that scene on. However, near the end of the movie when he is punching his fist in the air, "This is what I call 'happyness'" I looked over at my godfather and he was crying, which really made it even more emotional. It also mixes in humor such as the little Chris' jokes, "There was a man drowning [...]" and "Shelby comin' round the mountain when she comes!" or my favorite, "Nobody who? . . . oh! I like that one." I enjoyed how they showed many parts of his life, "This part of my life is called; Being Stupid."
Thoroughly this is an all-around 'feel good' movie that inspires you to go and help someone in a situation like that.