Synopsis
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
2006 Directed by Gabriele Muccino
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
Will Smith Jaden Smith Thandiwe Newton Brian Howe James Karen Dan Castellaneta Kurt Fuller Takayo Fischer Kevin West George Cheung David Michael Silverman Domenic Bove Geoff Callan Joyful Raven Scott Klace Rashida Clendening Eric Schniewind Peter Fitzsimmons Maurice Sherbanee Zuhair Haddad Victor Raider-Wexler Mark Christopher Lawrence Darryl Fong George Maguire Joe Nuñez Adam Del Rio Rocky LaRochelle Erin Beers Rueben Grundy Show All…
En Busca de la Felicidad, Alla ricerca della felicità, 幸福追击, The Pursuit of Happiness, У пошуках щастя, A la recherche du bonheur, В поисках счастья, В пошуках щастя, A Procura da Felicidade, به دنبال خوشبختی, W Pogoni za Szczęściem, Das Streben nach Glück, La ricerca della felicità, В погоне за счастьем, Umudunu Kaybetme, À la recherche du bonheur, En busca de la felicidad, Em Busca da Felicidade, 当幸福来敲门, Jakten på lycka, Jagten på lykke, Štěstí na dosah, A boldogság nyomában, Šťastie na dosah, Το Κυνήγι της Ευτυχίας, המרדף לאושר, У гонитві за щастям, În căutarea fericirii, 행복을 찾아서, ยิ้มไว้ก่อนพ่อสอนไว้, البحث عن السعادة, À Procura da Felicidade, Преследване на щастието, La poursuite du bonheur, 當幸福來敲門, Ieškantys laimės, Mưu Cầu Hạnh Phúc, Onnen potkuja, 尋找快樂的故事, Jakten på lykke, U potrazi za srećom, 幸せのちから, V iskanju srece, La recerca de la felicitat, Tiesības uz laimi, در جستجوی خوشبختی
" It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking how did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue and maybe we can actually never have it. No matter what. How did he know that?"
I have lost count of how many times I have seen this film. But, no matter how many times I see it, the scene when Will Smith claps his hands in uncontrollable happiness always brings tears. Tears of happiness. This film makes me happy in a heavy sort of way and gives me ultimate satisfaction. But, it can always be only a pursuit? Can't we ever actually have it ? This is an eternal question.
This movie is so dated - it’s painful how obvious it is that it was made before the 2008 financial crisis. *This movie could not be made today.*
It’s complete neoliberal schmuckery - Reagan on the tv, the morals of ‘taxes very very bad, government reach in your pockets’ & ‘school don’t mean nothing unless you get your 401k’, and the completely unapologetic glorification of stock brokerage. Instead of criticising this culture, this movie participates in it, and in a way that also makes light of race relations in America with its assumption of black stereotype (it literally opens with Will Smith saying “I didn’t meet my dad until I was 28!!!”) yet paints itself in a post-racial society where as…
Bullshit capitalist propaganda that tries to reinforce the false “bootstrap” narrative and suggests that the (specifically PoC) working class only live in poverty because they “aren’t working hard enough” and not because the system is totally broken and prejudiced.
I’m sorry, but I can’t defend this film in good conscience.
Jaden is cute though.
Doing an assignment on this film where Word has to constantly remind you that the title isn't spelt right is so much fun
I have a very bad feeling about this becoming very relatable to me in the near future. But maybe I'm just a little paranoid right now.
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