The most unrelentingly dismal film of all time?

Rating: 1/10 (11 January 2015)

In this film Will Smith's character Chris Gardner is down on his luck, he's pursuing ways to make a living but not doing too well at it. He also has a wife and a kid. I kept watching this movie thinking 'ah this must be where he gets his big break' but unfortunately he seems to bumble along, somehow attracting the kind of misfortune that seems as unlikely as someone actually winning a lottery.
Half way through the film I'm thinking 'ah this must be the turning point, he's bound to get that big piece of luck now...' No it's more of the same, the odds are stacked against him like an force 10 hurricane, oh and the kid's brought along for the ride too.
The Gardner character comes across as hapless - I don't think I've ever witnessed one character running so much! (usually because he's late/held up) He sprints to catch a bus, he sprints retrieve a device, he sprints for the train, he sprints to make an interview, he sprints to get to work, he sprints out of work, he sprints to make an appointment, he sprints pretty much everywhere. Will Smith must have been one very fit actor after this film. Maybe it's what the director thought represented desperation - 'hey how about we have someone running a lot, like they're always late?'
Oh and Gardner keeps losing his medical device/machine, the one he needs to sell, was the real life character really that inept? I hoped the film would end quickly just so he could find whatever this happiness was. The only happy thing about the film was when it ended - it meant I didn't have watch it any more.