Movie Review: Pursuit of Happiness

by Yatzi
 
In 1981, Chris Gardner was a struggling salesman in little needed medical bone density scanners while his wife worked in double shifts to support the family including their young son, Christopher. In the face of this difficult life, Chris has the desperate inspiration to try for a stockbroker internship where one in twenty has a chance of a well-paid full time job. Even when his wife leaves him because of this choice, Chris clings to this dream with his son even when the odds become more discouraging by the day. Together, father and son struggle through homelessness, jail time, tax seizure and the overall punishing despair in a search that would make Gardner a appreciated millionaire.