Pursuit of Happyness Review

Kristen and I went to go see the new Will Smith movie, The Pursuit of Happyness, on Friday night.

For the record I think our streak of sad, dramatic movies continues. This has an uplifting ending, but so did Hotel Rwanda.

I wrote of review of the movie for YMX. Below is an taste of that. Full review.

Some men are made successful because of the family they are born into
or the education they receive. For everyone else, success is the result
of hard work and a knack for making a series of good, timely decisions.
The Pursuit of Happyness
documents one mans struggle towards success in a third, elusive
category. A category available only to a few people who work hard, make
good decisions, and overcome adversity which catapults them past the
realms of the successful and captivate the hearts of the world.

Chris Gardner  (Will Smith) grew up without a father. When his son, Christopher, (Jaden Smith)
was born he committed that he would always be present in his son’s
life. This was complicated when Chris struggled to carry his weight in
his marriage and his wife Linda (Thandi Newton) decided to leave him.