Guest Blogger: Nuy T2

The Pursuit of Happiness is a memorable movie. It’s a movie that will literally make the girls cry and most likely get the guys to tear up. This is because it’s based on a true story. The Pursuit of Happiness is about a man who has invested a device that’s called “Bone Density Scanner.” It turns out that this technology doesn’t sell. He then tries to find ways to sell it, but can’t seem to do anything about it. He thought he would have a starting life with his wife and child. Suddenly everything starts to go downhill and change. He starts to lose his wife, then his house, and his credit cards. Now he’s looking for the “pursuit of happiness.” Will Smith takes the role as the main character in this movie. In my opinion, every movie that Will has starred in, I would have to say that The Pursuit of Happiness has been beyond his greatest. The appearance that he shows makes us feel like he’s actually telling his very own life story. He makes everything feel as if it was all real, and that he takes the acting role to a whole new level. Jaden Smith (Will Smith’s actual son) plays as the son in this movie. He also does an amazing job. Even with his lack of childish behavior behind the scenes, he sets it aside and allows his acting talents to do the talking for him while the camera is rolling. He effectively persuades people to feel the compassion and pain his character felt. Will Smith’s character was a hard-worker; he is a dedicated man and father. He was so determined to have a better life for his son that nothing would stop him to achieve his goal. One scene in particular is when he shows his dedication where he would constantly try to sell these hospital machines but no one would buy it. Even after many rejections from multiple doctors, he knew it was one of the only ways to support his son. Will continued to go forward even if he got rejections. Jaden plays the role as the son and is just a normal kid. Since he was really young, he didn’t really have a full understanding about what was going on. So all he did was what any other kid would do and just try to goof around. A theme that can be taken from this movie is that whatever life throws at you, you’re still entitled to choose your own path of enlightenment. Sometimes you just have to keep going forward with the events that may be road bumps in your life. Critics say that he did an amazing job with the role of Chris Gardner. I agree with the critics that describe Smith’s acting turned out to be an amazing performance. He was able to role-play a difficult character. His performance turned out to be tremendous and a heart warming, memorable movie for all to see. After watching this movie I absolutely think that this movie is definitely worth our time and money. If you are a person who enjoys a movie that makes you laugh, tear up and be happy, then this is the right movie for you. The Pursuit of Happiness allows viewers to get “caught up” in the moment. It helps ease life because it portrays that life for one person could be more difficult than for another person.