Should have been called The Pursuit of the White man

Rating: 5/10 (1 April 2007)

I knew when I saw trailers for this movie that I didn't really want to see it. But I bought the DVD for my daughter who liked the movie and wanted me to watch it. My the way I an an African American Woman and I think this movie was shameful. I no doubt hope that Chris Gardner is a good man in real life. I hear he still goes to the missions and feeds the poor, I certainly hope that true. Why? Because the business he so pursued is the business of liars and hustlers. That's what the movie portraits a man who lied his way to the top. He was a clown, a kiss butt, a slave to the white men in the office and the good Negro landed the job, rah, rah. I couldn't even applaud his dedication to his son which came off more as selfishness than real love. To love someone is to sometimes let them go. Too bad. I gave it a 5/10 only because Will and Jayden did a bang up job of acting.