Review of Pursuit of Happyness (2005) by Albert K — 09 Mar 2012
-Spoiler alert- "The Pursuit of HappYness" is an okay movie. Will Smith's performance is, of course, great. The direction is what you'd expect. However, my main gripe about this movie is how it hits audiences over the head over and over with how horrible Will Smith's life is.
There is very little that audiences can capture from Will Smith's struggles until he is finally liberated. So basically, the story outline goes: "Here comes crap. His life sucks----- still sucks--- oh look, its sucking even more---- man, look at how crappy his life is-----" and then once the end comes, it just happens.
That's it. There is an inkling of a moral that audiences can capture but it is not emphasized. The Pianist falls under the same flaw.
This review of Pursuit of Happyness (2005) was written by Albert K on 09 Mar 2012.
Pursuit of Happyness has generally received positive reviews.
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