Oustanding and Heart-wrenching drama! A Must See!

Rating: 10/10 (16 December 2006)

First of all this movie is based upon a book and is a true story. This movie is the best I have seen this all year. It has everything a story line needs, plot, drama, sorrow, humor, resolution. It should be Oscar nominated but it won't because they don't pick movies like this.
If ever you wanted to witness the determination, integrity, honor and triumph of the human spirit over adversities,then you have to see this movie! There wasn't a dry eye when this movie was over. My 13 year old was teasing me this morning about how dramatic I was during parts of the movie. He loved it and he said it was nice to see a black man in a movie that wasn't a drug dealer, or either in jail or a bad cop. We know that isn't the reality of African Americans. Our reality is more like this movie. Just a man trying to make something of himself for himself and his family. That is the real deal and this movie nails that point home.
Will Smith's performance in this is just as superb as his performance in Ali and his son does an outstanding job in his first appearance in a movie. Thandie Newton, well, she's performed better. I think she was trying so hard not to let her accent come out that it stifled her performance.
Go see this movie. I promise you won't be disappointed.