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Actors: Will Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Thandie Newton, Kevin West and Jaden Smith
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Pursuit of Happyness |
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Despite Chris' valiant attempts to help keep the family afloat, the mother (Thandie Newton) of his five-year-old son Christopher (Jaden Christopher Syre Smith) is buckling under the constant strain of financial pressure. No longer able to cope, she reluctantly decides to leave.
Chris, now a single father, continues to doggedly pursue a better-paying job using every sales skill he knows. He lands an internship at a prestigious stock brokerage firm, and although there is no salary, he accepts, hopeful he will end the program with a job and a promising future.
Without a financial cushion, Chris and his son are soon evicted from their apartment.
--Hoddie Cheung, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Pursuit of Happyness |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Getting ahead in:
- business
- wall street
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Training/apprentice story
Yes
Strong "rags to riches" component?
Yes
Poverty story?
Yes
Poverty plotlets:
- rags to riches
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
Setting
United States
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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