Pursuit Of Happyness Movie Analysis

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Pursuit of Happyness “The Pursuit of Happyness” was released on the 15th of December 2006. It is a dramatic story based on a biography of Chris Gardner’s nearly one-year struggle with homelessness. Directed by Gabrielle Muccino, the film stars Will Smith as Chris Gardner, and co-stars Jaden Smith playing Chris’ son, Christopher Jr. For Will Smith’s performance in the film, he was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Actor. The ‘different’ spelling of the title, ‘Happyness’ is seen by Chris Gardner on the building outside the play centre is son attends, which Chris reminds the owners of the building multiple times that it is spelt with an ‘I’. The film shows us the struggles Chris Gardner has with homelessness. He is bankrupt because he invested his life savings in portable bone-density scanners, which he thought hospitals would…show more content…
The main themes involved would be the financial struggles by the limited amount of money Chris Gardner has, he can barely afford to live off the money he has as he wasted his life savings on something he thought would be a success. Loneliness is displayed by how Chris’ wife leaves him, and he is left alone with his son, Christopher Jr. Even though he has very good social skills, Chris has hardly any close friends or family around him to support him. The lack of money available to Chris displays how unhappy he is with his life, when he received the job at Dean Witter as a stock broker, though, it showed at the end of the film how happy he was all of his hard work had payed off, and how different his life will now be because of the potential money he will get from his job. Finally, family importance is shown throughout the film, as Chris makes sure his son Christopher Jr. is safe. When Chris’ wife Linda leaves him, Chris makes sure that his son stays with him, because without his son he feels as though he would have
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