Captain America got me

Rating: 9/10 (16 December 2006)

After that point it was waterworks for the rest of the movie.
Will Smith does a great job as Chris Gardner. A dad who kept getting tripped up in his quest to provide for his son, played by his real life son Jaden. He's a salesman whose product isn't exactly in demand. Things get out of hand for him financially and in trying to get himself out of a bad situation he's in a race against bad luck and the runaway train that is a glimmer of opportunity. Will hasn't been this good since Six Degrees of Separation and Jaden was great as well. Totally natural, not one of those annoying Hollywood kid actors. Thandie Newton I can do without. She overacts.
I don't know how much of the story was fudged, if any. It seems just like real life. You can't make up that many bad/good coincidences. It's an uplifting story but not in a cheesy way. It's got a PG-13 rating and I'm going to guess that it's because of the one occurrence of the F word, otherwise I think it's appropriate for anyone. It's another in a great holiday movie season.